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hogrubber

hogrubber 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 hogrubber

pluralhogrubbers

Questions about hogrubber

What is hogrubber the alternative spelling of?
Hogrubber is the alternative spelling of hog-rubber.

Words near hogrubber in the dictionary

  1. hogring
  2. hogringer
  3. hogringers
  4. hogrings
  5. hogritude
  6. hogrubber
  7. hogrubbers
  8. hogs
  9. hogs up
  10. hogs' eyes
  11. hogs' puddings

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