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strubbed

strubbed is the simple past and past participle of strub.

Meaning of strub

Verb

strub (third-person singular simple present strubs, present participle strubbing, simple past and past participle strubbed)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal) To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
    • "[…] I mind a year ago, when I found a gladdy's nest and strubbed it, he catched me blowing the eggs to put along with others for a necklace for Jonathan French's sister, and, if he could have done it, he'd have given me a proper hiding."1920, Eden Phillpotts, The Thief of Virtue, page 172

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Questions about strubbed

What is strubbed the simple past and past participle of?
Strubbed is the simple past and past participle of strub.

Words near strubbed in the dictionary

  1. Stroziers
  2. strozzapreti
  3. strs
  4. Struan
  5. strub
  6. strubbed
  7. strubbing
  8. Strubby
  9. Strubby with Woodthorpe
  10. Strube
  11. Strubes

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