bub
Americannoun
noun
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informal fellow; youngster: used as a form of address
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slang
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a baby
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the first grade of schooling; nursery school
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Etymology
Origin of bub
1830–40, perhaps < German Bub, short for Bube boy
Example Sentences
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I would probably be hungry by now, so we’d go to Bub and Grandma’s, which is where I had my launch party a couple of weeks ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Even though I don’t go to the club anymore, I bike by Bub at least twice a week going on six years now.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
A writer invited longtime neighbors to taste new restaurants Dunsmoor and Bub and Grandma’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Jeffrey Bub, a philosopher of physics and a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, is willing to swallow some bitter pills if that means living in an objective universe.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
“Oh, I nearly forgot. I stopped at Bub Nefzger’s store this morning, and he had some mail for you. I said I’d bring it out.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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