unrubbed
- a word derived from rub.
Example Sentences
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"Marble slabs, rubbed" are going to cost more to import than "marble slabs, unrubbed."
From Love Conquers All by Williams, Gluyas
She, with the dreams still unrubbed from her opening eyes, he a December primrose peeping up anew out of the roots of his wrecked and fruitless years—they would have been matchlessly coupled.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
If there were this morning in my lodging an unrubbed lamp, I would toss it from the window for such magic as he might extract from it.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
The loud shout of joy which burst from her, and her cry "A star! a star!" so discomposed Sakechak, that he forget what he was about, and threw down the lumps, unrubbed or uncrumbled.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
This carelessness occasioned the unevenness of the earth; the mountains and the rocks which are now found upon it are the lumps which he threw down unrubbed.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
