cub
noun
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
cubbish
-
a word derived from
cub.
Example Sentences
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The picture dubs the title of 1942's bestselling, cubbish comedy of barracks life onto a swatch of slightly whimsical photographed cartoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taking the noble lion as his symbol, Jones injected a cubbish mood by teaching the boys to sing such rousing tunes as the official Roar, Lion, Roar at almost any meal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let her get used to him as a man who had it in him to be as natural and impersonal, and even as cubbish, as some of the boys she knew.
From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Cosmo Hamilton
Of easiest habit among themselves, they left bad manners and the duello to political adventurers and cubbish peers, or to the gentlemen of the quarter sessions and the local ordinary.
From The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
In the cab I was still somewhat drowsy, but gathered that my companions had left me, to dine and attend a public dance-hall with the cubbish art student.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
