dubsn.¹

/dʌbz/

Etymology: Short for doubles.

local.

A term used in various senses in the game of marbles (see quots.).

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer

jailerc1290

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officer?1387

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1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) A player knocking two out of the ring cries ‘dubs!’ to authorize his claim to both.

1882 M. H. Foote Led-Horse Claim iv. 62 ‘What is it the boys say when they play marbles?’..‘Fend dubs?’ Hilgard suggested.

1892 Dial. Notes 1 220 In Missouri..dubs means, not doublets, but that the player has blundered, and by crying ‘dubs’ is entitled to play again.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 26 Dubs, marbles which are placed in a ring in a game of marbles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

Dubsn.²

Brit.

/dʌbz/, U.S.

/dəbz/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Dublin, -s.

Etymology: < Dub- (in the name of Dublin: see Dublin n.) + the plural ending -s.

colloquial. Now historical.

the Dubs: a nickname given to the soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1899–1922) were an infantry regiment of the British Army which recruited in the east of Ireland.

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1899 Morning Post 17 Oct. 3/3 I ought to say a word, too, in praise of the good conduct and sobriety of the ‘Dubs’.

1916 K. J. Barrett Diary 19 June in Diary Austral. Soldier (1921) 54 This afternoon the Dubs relieved us, but not until they had sustained several casualties by whiz-bangs.

2018 T. Kinlock Godley ii. 22 Godley joined the Dubs at Wellington Barracks in Mullingar, eighty kilometres west of Dublin.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	dubs
释义	dubsn.¹ /dʌbz/ Etymology: Short for doubles. local. A term used in various senses in the game of marbles (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer jailerc1290 prisonera1325 officer?1387 claviculer1447 javeler?c1450 key turner1606 baston1607 twistkey1617 prison keeper1623 detainer1647 prison officer1649 turnkey1655 imprisoner1656 phylacist1656 cipier1671 wardsman1683 goodman1698 prison guard1722 screw1812 dungeoner1817 dubsman1839 cell-keeper1841 prison warder1854 warder1855 dubs1882 twirl1891 hack1914 correction officer1940 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) A player knocking two out of the ring cries ‘dubs!’ to authorize his claim to both. 1882 M. H. Foote Led-Horse Claim iv. 62 ‘What is it the boys say when they play marbles?’..‘Fend dubs?’ Hilgard suggested. 1892 Dial. Notes 1 220 In Missouri..dubs means, not doublets, but that the player has blundered, and by crying ‘dubs’ is entitled to play again. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 26 Dubs, marbles which are placed in a ring in a game of marbles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Dubsn.² Brit. /dʌbz/, U.S. /dəbz/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Dublin, -s. Etymology: < Dub- (in the name of Dublin: see Dublin n.) + the plural ending -s. colloquial. Now historical. the Dubs: a nickname given to the soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1899–1922) were an infantry regiment of the British Army which recruited in the east of Ireland. ΚΠ 1899 Morning Post 17 Oct. 3/3 I ought to say a word, too, in praise of the good conduct and sobriety of the ‘Dubs’. 1916 K. J. Barrett Diary 19 June in Diary Austral. Soldier (1921) 54 This afternoon the Dubs relieved us, but not until they had sustained several casualties by whiz-bangs. 2018 T. Kinlock Godley ii. 22 Godley joined the Dubs at Wellington Barracks in Mullingar, eighty kilometres west of Dublin. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.¹1823n.²1899
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