jube meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

jube

noun

Etymology From jujube, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).

A type of gelatine-based confection; its ingredients and consistency vary between countries.

As the scum forms on the top remove it, or the jubes will not be clear.1883, E. Skuse, The Confectioners′ Hand-Book and Practical Guide to the Art of Sugar Boiling, page 55:
[…]for example, barley sugar, menthol jubes, honey and glycerine jubes, eucalyptus jubes, voice jubes, &c).1940, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, Volume 163, Part 2, page 1738:

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Unlike other jellies and jubes, which are made with gelatine, Pectin Jellies are made with natural pectin.2005, Council of Australian Food Technology Associations, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Food Australia: Official Journal of CAFTA and AIFST, volume 57, page 374:
Ros′s father′s main preoccupations in his nursing home were to have a box of man-sized tissues beside his bed and plenty of his favourite fruit-flavoured jubes beside the jumbo Kleenex.2008, Tim Bowden, Down Under in the Top End: Penelope Heads North, page xix:

noun

UK /dʒuːb/

An open drainage channel of a type common in Tehran.

The seasons in Tehran are colored with torpor.[…]Fear the narrow, icy streets with their treacherous jubes on either side.1951, Elizabeth Carr, Quickened Tempo in Tehran: The American Foreign Service Journal, volume 28, page 38:
The existing provision for storm water drainage comprises lined open channels known locally as jubes. The jubes were originally constructed to perform the dual functions of surface water drainage and irrigation of roadside planting within the city.2000, R. C. Frew, N. Khakpour, “Construction of the Khayam Tunnel of the Tehran Main Drainage Scheme”, in Jian Zhao, J. Nicholas Shirlaw, Rajan Krishnan, editors, Tunnels and Underground Structures: Proceedings of the International Conference, page 149:

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They merely didn′t comprehend that treated city tap water was safer than well or jube water. Moreover, we thought it was bizarre when we observed household servants in the affluent northside washing their villa′s dishes in the jubes.2005, Bill Burke, Adventures in the Middle East, Near East, And North Africa, unnumbered page:

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