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strubbing

strubbing is the present participle and gerund 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 strubbing

What is strubbing the present participle and gerund of?
Strubbing is the present participle and gerund of strub.

Words near strubbing in the dictionary

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

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