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taber

Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb?r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[=i]r a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]

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taber

n. (context musical instruments English) (obsolete spelling of tabor English)

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Taber

Taber may refer to:

Taber (provincial electoral district)

Taber was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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If Jewell found out, she would send Carnie back to Solfatara, and I wanted Taber to be working on Carnie, giving her sots and trying to get her to help him, because then I could believe he had given up on me.

For a moment she looked directly into the mirror with her blind eyes, and I willed Taber to click the sparker that I knew he was fingering so that Pearl would hear it and withdraw into her cage, safe and silent.

If Jewell found out, she would send Carnie back to Solfatara, and I wanted Taber to be working on Carnie, giving her sots and trying to get her to help him, because then I could believe he had given up on me.

If I told her I was Jewell or Carnie, or Taber, come to murder her, she would not know the difference.

Marshals Taber and Porter stood posted outside as Fagin and Banish entered the run-down barn shaking off their coats.

Seth Lawrence, his father, and chauffer were presently under close watch as Taber and Dawn attempted to convince Seth and Aaron Lawrence that right now, Roni wouldn’t be told who they were or why they were there.