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Definition of Cubbed
1. cub [v] - See also: cub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubbed
Literary usage of Cubbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"Crowded with things, inconvenienced for want of room. " I'm quite cubbed up, and
the children are ... cubbed in a cabin, on a mattress laid. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Art thou of Bethlehem's noble college free Stark staring mad that thou wouldst
tempt the sea cubbed in a cabin, on a mattress laid. ..."
3. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"The dose of the powdered cubeb is from half to three drachms (2—11 Gm.); of the
volatile oil (OLEUM cubbed, US), fifteen drops (i Cc), given in capsules and ..."
4. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Job Lowsley, Barzillai Lowsley (1888)
"Father's reg'lur cubbed-up uv rheumatics, till 'e can't 'aowd 'isself up no waay.'
Cub-up, v. to pucker, or hang badly. ' Did yü ever see anythin' so bad ..."
5. The Quarterly Magazine of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, Manchester Unity by Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity (1860)
"The old red night-capped cobbler, who labours continually in a cubbed- up thed
ai the corner of a street in our neighbourhood, has a beloved idol by his ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... headlong into that Spanish inquisition, to fall from heaven to hell, to be
cubbed up upon a sudden, how shall he be perplexed, what shall become of him? ..."
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