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nubbing cheat

nubbing cheat noun: the gallows.

Noun

nubbing cheat (plural nubbing cheats)

  1. (obsolete, slang) The gallows.
    • Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 307

Forms of nubbing cheat

pluralnubbing cheats

Questions about nubbing cheat

What does nubbing cheat mean?
Nubbing cheat means the gallows.
What part of speech is nubbing cheat?
Nubbing cheat is a noun.
What is the plural of nubbing cheat?
The plural of nubbing cheat is nubbing cheats.

Words near nubbing cheat in the dictionary

  1. nubbiest
  2. nubbin
  3. nubbin disease
  4. nubbiness
  5. nubbing
  6. nubbing cheat
  7. nubbing cheats
  8. nubbings
  9. nubbins
  10. nubble
  11. nubbled

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