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كَبْشَةٌ

Root: كبش

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كَبْشَةٌ [A handful: a heap: so applied in the the present day.
2 And hence, A gang, or crew: thus, also, applied in the present day. Whence the sayings,] بَنُو فُلَانٍ كَبْشَةُ رُذَلَآءَ [The sons of such a one are a gang of vile persons]: and كَبْشَةُ دُنَسَآءَ [a gang of dirty, or filthy, persons]: thus they use this word to intimate dispraise: but [SM adds,] I know not how this is. [Perhaps SM means that he doubts whether the word thus used be classical or not: for as to its signification, it is well known.]
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