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Definition of Rubdown
1. Noun. The act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes.
Definition of Rubdown
1. Noun. A quick, energetic massage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rubdown
1. a brisk rubbing of the body [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubdown
Literary usage of Rubdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baby's First Two Years by Richard Mason Smith, Rosalind Huidekoper Greene (1915)
"In cold weather this rubdown should be given by an open fire. Both bath and
rubdown may, of course, be omitted if the baby is tired, or the room is chilly. ..."
2. Keeping in Condition: A Handbook on Training for Older Boys by Harry Hascall Moore (1915)
"A rubdown of this kind assists the system to throw off the fatigue poisons ...
After unusual muscular work and the rubdown, a long period of sleep should ..."
3. Athletes All: Training, Organization, and Play by Walter Camp (1919)
"Every boy's day should begin with a cold bath and rubdown, the careful brushing
and cleaning of ... As soon as the boy finishes his rubdown in the morning, ..."
4. The Woodlanders: A Novel by Thomas Hardy (1896)
"... then athwart to here, and from here we go to rubdown and Mill- shot, and then
round by the cross-roads home. Home says I, but it won't be that long! ..."
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