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nubbing cheats

nubbing cheats is the plural of nubbing cheat.

Meaning of nubbing cheat

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

Questions about nubbing cheats

What is nubbing cheats the plural of?
Nubbing cheats is the plural of nubbing cheat.

Words near nubbing cheats in the dictionary

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

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