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rubbies

rubbies is the plural of rubby.

Meaning of rubby

Noun

rubby (plural rubbies)

  1. (Canada, slang) rubbing alcohol.
  2. (Canada, slang) A drunkard.
    • […] the rubbies crawling drunk and the Indian whores old women at twenty. The tourists obviously saw something else.1974, Tom Ardies, Kosygin is Coming, page 122
    Synonyms:
    dubby, rubadub, rubby-dub

Questions about rubbies

What is rubbies the plural of?
Rubbies is the plural of rubby.

Words near rubbies in the dictionary

  1. rubbery figures
  2. rubbest
  3. rubbeth
  4. rubbidge
  5. rubbidges
  6. rubbies
  7. rubbin'
  8. rubbing
  9. rubbing alcohol
  10. rubbing alcohols
  11. rubbing along

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