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Definition of Flubdubs
1. flubdub [n] - See also: flubdub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flubdubs
Literary usage of Flubdubs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters by Joseph Bucklin Bishop (1920)
"... the professional pacifists, the flubdubs and the mollycoddles, all of whom
have united in screaming against preparedness and in applauding him; ..."
2. The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis (1888)
"Officers are never seen in anything but full military dress, with plenty of gold
lace and " flubdubs." The soldiers are all " volunteers/' Conscription is ..."
3. Lines Long and Short: Biographical Sketches in Various Rhythms by Henry Blake Fuller (1917)
"Even the printing part of it — Galleys and formats, eight-point and flubdubs,
The very smell of ink — Entranced him. If he might no longer Wield poet's pen, ..."
4. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac by Eugene Field (1896)
"When it came to fiction involving witches, ogres, and flubdubs, that was too much
for Captivity, and the spirit of the little Puritan revolted. ..."
5. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac by Eugene Field, Roswell Martin Field (1896)
"When it came to fiction involving witches, ogres, and flubdubs, that was too much
for Captivity, and the spirit of the little Puritan revolted. ..."
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