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Definition of Dubbin
1. Noun. Tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof.
Definition of Dubbin
1. Noun. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dubbin
1. material for softening and waterproofing leather [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dubbin
Literary usage of Dubbin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1887)
"The whole situation—the sudden irruption of the panting dubbin, the total collapse
of Miss Sparks, who lay prone and speechless upon the ground, ..."
2. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"... Faithful are maltreated, and the latter condemned to be burned. Vanity Fair
ie the name of one pf the chief of Thackeray's novela. Bee Crawley, dubbin^ ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Whether this is done or not, the goods are hung up until " tempered " (denoting
a certain degree of dryness), and then treated with dubbin. ..."
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