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Definition of Nubbing
1. nub [v] - See also: nub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nubbing
Literary usage of Nubbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"... a Bottom of Thread, Yarn, <Jc. being generally round, Teut.] the Top of the Head.
Nub [likely of Nucha, L.] the Neck. Cant. nubbing, hanging. Cant. ..."
2. Sinks of London Laid Open: A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated : to which by George Cruikshank (1848)
"... the sessions house nubbing cheat, the gallows Nail gropers, people who sweep
the streets in search of old iron, nails, &c. Nunnery, a brothel Nurse, ..."
3. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose (1785)
"... the hangman ; nubbing ken, the Sessions house. NUG, an endearing word; my dear
nug, my dear love. ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"nubbing CHEAT, crie Partridge, pray, sir, what is that ? Why that, sir, said the
stranger, ... I fear Dick will scarce cheat the nubbing-CHEAT this go. ..."
5. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose by Francis Grose (1823)
"nubbing cheat; the gallows. Nub- bing cove; the hangman. nubbing ken; the sessions
house. NUG. An endearing word: as, My dear nug; my dear love. ..."
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