- I want an ah-due-bee home -
The word adobe (pronounced a-due-bee), has come to mean a structure built from bricks made of clay and straw.
The word was originally the name of an Indian, called Ah-Due-Bee, living in the southwestern part of the United States.
This name meant "he who works like a busy bee"
Ah-Due-Bee was very good at building these clay and straw huts and every one just had to have an "Ah-Due-Bee" home.
His name eventually became shortened to A- Do-Be, today, a term sometimes applied to a person who does things in a hurried manner.
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