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hog rubber

hog rubber is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of hog rubber

pluralhog rubbers

Questions about hog rubber

What is hog rubber the alternative spelling of?
Hog rubber is the alternative spelling of hog-rubber.

Words near hog rubber in the dictionary

  1. hog reeves
  2. hog rifle
  3. hog rifles
  4. hog ring
  5. hog rings
  6. hog rubber
  7. hog rubbers
  8. hog rump
  9. hog rumps
  10. hog scraper
  11. hog stag

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