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Here is a sentence said by a kid to officers wanting them to do something.

**まってちゃぶだい** まっておじさま やるよ やってみせるよっ。

I found that ちゃぶだい means 'tea table' but I don't know if it is related to the
meaning of waiting someone.
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What does the phrase 「まってちゃぶだい」 mean?
I think it is a pun of 待ってちょうだい.

～てちょうだい is a friendly phrase which is used when you want to get someone to do
something.
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> 死語辞典1-1 www.orange.ne.jp/~kibita/dwd/dwddic11.html  
>  ちゃぶ台(名) テーブルのこと。座卓。 (関)許してちゃぶ台＝ちょうだい(頂戴).

Here (above) it says "Kansai slang" but i disagree.

I'm pretty sure the pun comes from the Kyuu-kana 旧かな for ちょうだい --- which is
ちゃうだい or ちやうだい
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