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pubbies

pubbies is the plural of pubbie.

Meaning of pubbie

Noun

pubbie (plural pubbies)

  1. A student at a public school.
    • Evan seemed older than everyone else, more mature than preppies and pubbies alike; his maturity attributable, perhaps, to the year he had spent at Harrow.2005, Paul Luchessa, A Spy at Harvard, →ISBN, page 6
  2. A random member of the general public.
    • We are all from an outside place with a distinct culture and an almost xenophobic dislike of "pubbies" being public players not from our joint background.2012 September 13, Dave Thier, “A Look at The Diplomatic Skills of Sean Smith, AKA 'Vile Rat'”, in Forbes
  3. A visit to the local pub.
    • The worthy winner soon discovered, I may add, and the subject of many "side-bets" in the "pubbie" was Old Hand George Robbie's good Red Cock bred out of the continental stuff.1969, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volume 25, page 30
  4. Someone that one socializes with at the pub.
    • Met him at the bud... drinking pubbies... at the Also Ran.2010, Hans Fallada, Alone in Berlin, →ISBN

Questions about pubbies

What is pubbies the plural of?
Pubbies is the plural of pubbie.

Words near pubbies in the dictionary

  1. pubbed
  2. pubber
  3. pubbers
  4. pubbie
  5. pubbier
  6. pubbies
  7. pubbiest
  8. pubbiness
  9. pubbing
  10. pubbish
  11. pubble

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