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fubverb
To put off by trickery; to cheat.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fubnoun
A plump chubby boy. Robert Ainsworth
To Fubverb
To put off; to delay by false pretences; to cheat. It is generally written fob. See Fob.
A hundred mark is a long lone for a poor lone woman to bear; and I have borne, and borne, and borne, and have been fubb’d off and fubb’d off from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.
Webster Dictionary
Fubnoun
alt. of Fubs
Fubverb
to put off by trickery; to cheat
Etymology: [The same word as fob to cheat.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fub
fub, v.t. (Shak.) to put off, to cheat: to steal.—n. Fub′bery (obs.), deception.—Fub off, to put off or evade by a trick or a lie. [See Fob.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fub in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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