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rentagub

rentagub noun: a paid spokesperson.

Noun

rentagub (plural rentagubs)

  1. (UK, slang) A paid spokesperson.
    • Scores of bookies to choose from for best prices and you dont have Rentagub Cert shouting every "good thing" home2001 January 6, Chris Mac, “Gambling Online”, in uk.sport.horseracing (Usenet)
    • Here you know what why don't you stop beating about the bush and get yer ass in here and just say what you really want to get aff yer chest and stop playing them little games you play .... your name should have been poison or rentagub man wie allthe shite that comes oot yer gub man2006 January 15, DjAngie_Baby, “Windy Miller”, in uk.rec.radio.cb (Usenet)

Examples of rentagub in a sentence

  • Her name was Miriam Gelaghtly, and I think it's fair to name her because she's frequently elbowing her way into the media spotlight as the homeopathy racket's main rentagub north of the border.2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 202:
  • The issues at stake were health and education, as borne out by the preceding quotes from, funnily enough, health and education practitioners, but there they were too, every time, the holy rentagubs.2011, Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling A Frog, →ISBN:

Forms of rentagub

pluralrentagubs

Origin of rentagub

From rent a gub. where gub is Scottish slang for "mouth".

Questions about rentagub

What does rentagub mean?
Rentagub means a paid spokesperson.
How do you use rentagub in a sentence?
Her name was Miriam Gelaghtly, and I think it's fair to name her because she's frequently elbowing her way into the media spotlight as the homeopathy racket's main rentagub north of the border.
What part of speech is rentagub?
Rentagub is a noun.
What is the plural of rentagub?
The plural of rentagub is rentagubs.

Words near rentagub in the dictionary

  1. rentability
  2. rentable
  3. rentacop
  4. rentage
  5. rentages
  6. rentagub
  7. rentagubs
  8. rentaka
  9. rental
  10. rental car
  11. rental cars

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