bubbe meise

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: bubbe-meise

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע־מעשׂה (bobe-mayse).

Noun

[edit]

bubbe meise (plural bubbe meises)

  1. (Judaism) An old wives' tale; a fairytale.

References

[edit]
  • Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories, by Dramatic Publishing, 1999, →ISBN, page 26.
  • Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch, St. Martin's Press 2005. →ISBN
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bubbe_meise&oldid=69334500"