fub
nounEtymology Compare fob (“a pocket”).
1
Obsolete A plump young person or child.
- 'Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister.1685, John Crowne, Sir Courtly Nice:
- Related terms
- phub
fub
verb/fʌb/ · IE /fʊb/
Etymology Variant of fob (“cheat, trick”).
1
Obsolete To put off by trickery; to cheat.
- A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
2
Obsolete To steal.
- Derived terms
- fub off, fubbery