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Definition of Cubbish
1. resembling a cub [adj] - See also: cub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubbish
Literary usage of Cubbish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"... where it frequents, was formerly an object of superstitious fear. Caaw, B.
to walk with the toes turned inward. cubbish, o. to purloin. ..."
2. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (1917)
"He remained cubbish in his sufferings. He seemed to have become completely
imbecile; and when the return of fever drove him to his cabin below, ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. rude, ill-bred, crude; spec, cubbish; see COARSE. Antonyms: see REFINED.
unprecedented, a. unexampled. unpretentious, a. modest, simple, unassuming; ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"There was only young Clifton who could have come, and he was shy and cubbish,
and would not, though requested by the Selkirk people. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"... from a cubbish lout of a raw Scotsman, seemed to have acquired at once all
the grace and ease of motion and manner, which could be .given by an ..."
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