dubbin

American  

[duhb-in] / ˈdʌb ɪn /

noun

1. a mixture of tallow and oil used in dressing leather.

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dubbin British  

/ ˈdʌbɪn /

noun

1. a greasy mixture of tallow and oil applied to leather to soften it and make it waterproof

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Etymology

Origin of dubbin

1815–25; variant of gerund of dub ¹ ( def. ) (in the sense “rubbing or smoothing leather or wood”)

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Example Sentences

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dubbin

He's got a white face, and is humpy, and lives in a sort of a hutch Smellin' strong of wax-end and stale dubbin.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various

One day, goin' to his bunk, he found it all topsyversy, hair powder on his pillow, dubbin in his shavin' cup, salt pork wropt up in his dressin' gown.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang

We also fry our meat in cocoa-nut oil, in dubbin, and in salad oil—if we can "find" any.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton

I tried to make the use of dubbin take the place of the resoling of my boots, and in my chamber, which was warmed only by my oil-stove, my garments never dried.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

Folk ask me, whiles, hoo it comes that I dwell still sae far frae the centre o' the world—as they've a way o' dubbin London!

From Between You and Me by Sir Harry Lauder

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