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Definition of Rub-a-dub
1. Noun. The sound made by beating a drum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rub-a-dub
Literary usage of Rub-a-dub
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1888)
"rub-a-dub-dub, In the scalding tub! Paddle and poke with the lifting slick, Poke
and paddle and stir them quick; rub-a-dub-dub, we gleefully sing, ..."
2. Salmagundi, Or, The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq by Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding (1857)
"... had it not been for Mustapha's confounded pot-hooks and trammels. LETTER FROM
MUSTAPHA rub-a-dub KELI KHAN, CAPTAIN OF A KETCH, ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... had it not been for Mustapha's confounded pot-hooks and trammels. LETTER FROM
MUSTAPHA rub-a-dub KELI KHAN, CAPTAIN OF A KETCH, ..."
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