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cable(2)(dictionary)
cable car(dictionary)
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Cable(finance)
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cable 2, verb(dictionary)
cable-knit(dictionary)

nubile (iou) and cable railway (oh)


nubile (iou)



nubile adjective. M17.
[Latin nubilis, from nubere be married to (a man): see -ILE.]
Esp. of a girl or young woman: of an age or condition suitable for Marriage; sexually mature. M17.
E. Feinstein As I was nubile at eleven, I attracted sexual attention.
Of age: suitable for Marriage. M17.
Of a girl or woman: sexually attractive. M20.
D. Lodge A..not altogether disagreeable experience to have a nubile young woman throw herself at him.
nu'bility noun E19.

cable railway (oh)



n [C]
a railway on which vehicles are pulled up steep slopes by a moving cable