Fub
//fʌb// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A plump young person or child. obsolete
"'Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister."
Verb
- 1 To put off by trickery; to cheat. obsolete, transitive
"A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on."
- 2 To steal. obsolete
Example
More examples"A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of fob (“cheat, trick”).
Etymology 2
Compare fob (“a pocket”).
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