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hog-rubbers

hog-rubbers is the plural of hog-rubber.

Meaning of hog-rubber

Noun

hog-rubber (plural hog-rubbers)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) A coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
    • nought but his imperfections are in our eyes, he is a baſe knaue, a diuell, a monſter, a caterpiller, a viper, an hog-rubber &c.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Love Melancholy”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps...
    Synonyms:
    yokel, bumpkin

Questions about hog-rubbers

What is hog-rubbers the plural of?
Hog-rubbers is the plural of hog-rubber.

Words near hog-rubbers in the dictionary

  1. hog-reeve
  2. hog-reeves
  3. hog-ring
  4. hog-rings
  5. hog-rubber
  6. hog-rubbers
  7. hog-slip
  8. hog-tie
  9. hog-tied
  10. hog-tieing
  11. hog-ties

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