bubs

Noun (1)

bub (uncountable)

1. (historical, slang) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
   • Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts.1838, Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, page 662

Noun (2)

bub (plural bubs)

1. (slang) A woman's breast.
   • ‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 631

Noun (3)

bub (plural bubs)

1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
   • So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory :
     ‘ What′s your name, bub ? ’
     ‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub, looking up.1857, T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin: The Knickerbocker, volume 49, page 23
2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

Noun (4)

bub (plural bubs)

1. (Australia, slang) A baby.

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