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strubs

strubs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Strubs

Strubs

  1. (plural) plural of Strub

Questions about strubs

What is strubs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Strubs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strub.
What part of speech is strubs?
Strubs is a proper noun.

Words near strubs in the dictionary

  1. Strubby with Woodthorpe
  2. Strube
  3. Strubes
  4. Struble
  5. Strubles
  6. strubs
  7. struck
  8. struck a balance
  9. struck a bargain
  10. struck a blow
  11. struck a chord

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