fub
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of fub
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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And that is why you take the embassy to Lord Cornwallis and fub me off with the one to Gates.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
He tried to bite the huge, imprisoning hand; the man fubbed his face away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astounded insurance executives fubbed off the old man's demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he fubbed me off, and took us round the docks to amuse us, and talked of dinner in a way that went to Fred's heart.
From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
My eagerness was daunted, but yet I would not be fubbed off.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
"Not at all," Wilton replied, plainly alarmed, and fubbed out his cigar with forefinger and thumb, oblivious to the fact that he dropped a little shower of fire on the table cover.
From No Clue A Mystery Story by James Hay
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