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单词 rub-a-dub
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rub-a-dubn.

Brit. /ˈrʌbəˌdʌb/, /ˌrʌbəˈdʌb/, U.S. /ˈrəbəˌdəb/
Forms: 1600s– rub-a-dub, 1800s rubby dub.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative of the sound of a drum being beaten. Compare rub-a-dub-dub n.With use in the context of scrubbing laundry clean in quot. 1985 at sense 1 compare rub-a-dub v.2, rub-a-dub-dub n., and notes at those entries.
1. The sound of a drum being beaten; a drumming sound. Also: any rhythmic sound or motion.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming
randana1661
rub-a-duba1661
drumming1663
row dow dow1701
rub-a-dub-dub1714
tattoo1755
rattan1764
drum1810
rataplan1846
kettledrumming1848
tom-tom1863
tattooing1871
tumming1882
tum1911
a1661 in Coll. Loyal Songs against Rump Parl. (1731) I. 251 O rare Cavaliers, Rub a dub, dub a dub, Have at old Beelzebub.
1739 Gentleman's Mag. May 252/1 A sound (pray—think me not too partial) Than that of rub-a-dub, more martial.
1787 G. Colman Inkle & Yarico ii. i. 30 Little Cupid's his drummer; he has been beating a round rub-a-dub on our hearts.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) i. 16 A rub-a-dub on the drum woke him up.
1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. ii. 21 The quick rub-a-dub of a drum was heard.
1904 Border Mag. Jan. 4/1 A four hours' nap had brought us to near the break of morning, when my still dreaming imagination seemed to suggest some sound like a rub-a-dub of a drum.
1985 I. Opie & P. Opie Singing Game xix. cxxv. 427 With a rub a dub here, And a rub a dub there, That's how she washes her clothes.
2008 Africa News (Nexis) 23 Jan. An uncanny replay of the 2006 outing—the rub-a-dubs of the water-filled calabash drums, Barmani Choge's lilting voice, the academics intervening occasionally with background infos.
2. British, Australian, and New Zealand. [Rhyming slang.] A pub.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house
houseOE
tavern1297
tavern-housea1400
sunc1400
tap-house1500
tippling-housea1549
innsc1550
bousing-inn1575
ivy-bush1576
osteria1580
ordinary1590
caback1591
taberna1593
bousing-house1594
pothouse1598
red lattice1604
cupping-house1615
public house1617
busha1625
Wirtshaus1650
bibbery1653
cabaret1656
gaming ordinary1667
public1685
shop1695
bibbing-housea1704
dram-shop1725
gill house1728
rum shop1738
buvette1753
dram-house1753
grog-shop1790
wine-vault1791
pub1800
pulperia1818
pulqueria1822
potation-shop1823
rum hole1825
Wirtschaft1834
drunkery1836
pot shop1837
drinkery1840
rum mill1844
khazi1846
beer-shop1848
boozer1895
rub-a-dub1898
Weinstube1899
rubbity-dub1905
peg house1922
rub-a-dub-dub1932
rubbity1941
Stube1946
superpub1964
1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Oct. 15/1 His home is ‘the rubby dub’, his occupation ‘the joint’.
c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 81 I gazed upon the motley crowd Within this ‘rub-a-dub’.
1963 H. Slesar Bridge of Lions iii. 52 He could fathom why rub-a-dub meant a pub.
2007 Mirror (Nexis) 1 Sept. 8 I can talk cock-er-nee..How's yer saucepans? Fancy going down the frog and toad for a pint of pig's ear down the old rubadub?

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1).
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1793 J. Rose Caernarvon Castle i. iii. 11 The heart beats the rub-a-dub feelings of joy.
1832 Deb. Congr. U.S. 13 Mar. (1833) 2128 The rub-a-dub and row-de-dow excitement.
1863 W. Phillips Speeches iii. 36 A ‘rub-a-dub agitation’, as ours is contemptuously styled.
1910 Locomotive Engineers Jrnl. Nov. 939 There the door opened, and I heard a familiar girl's voice..I turned with a rubadub heart to see—whom do you suppose?
1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Sept. x12 Her delightful Jesse Bear books..are small masterpieces of word wizardry and rub-a-dub rhythm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rub-a-dubv.1

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rub-a-dub n.
Etymology: < rub-a-dub n., punningly after dub v.1, as though an extended form of that word. Compare later rub-a-dub v.2 Perhaps compare also dub-a-dub n. 2.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To invest (a person) with a new title.Apparently used only as punning distortion of dub v.1 2.
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1802 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant i. i. 13 It would do me honor, especially under your Excellency's administration, to be dub'd and rub-a-dub'd Honorable.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rub-a-dubv.2

Brit. /ˈrʌbəˌdʌb/, /ˌrʌbəˈdʌb/, U.S. /ˈrəbəˌdəb/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rub-a-dub n.
Etymology: < rub-a-dub n.In later use with allusion to the act of scrubbing laundry clean, probably partly after rub v.1; compare rub-a-dub n., rub-a-dub-dub n., and notes at those entries. Compare earlier rub-a-dub v.1
1. intransitive. To make a rhythmic sound or motion, esp. (in early use) to make a drumming sound or (now more frequently) to rub or scrub in order to clean.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)]
tabor1377
taborna1400
nakerc1425
drum1597
dub-a-dub1598
to beat a drum1621
rub-a-dub1837
beat1841
to beat a tattoo1841
tom-tom1860
rataplan1863
tambourin1884
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. v. 316 Serjeants rub-a-dubbing openly through all manner of German market-towns.
1886 V. Dabney Story Don Miff xlix. 316 Away they went, rubadubbing back towards the piazza.
1967 S. Kaufman Diary Mad Housewife 102 ‘We already introduced ourselves, Missus,’ said the laundress, not turning to face us, rub-a-dubbing away.
2001 J. D. Canfield Mavericks on Border xii. 131 Shooting holes in barrels so they can shower in wine, rub-a-dubbing in a tub together.
2. transitive. Originally: to beat (a drum or drumming sound). In later use: to rub (something).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (transitive)]
tucka1400
strike1572
tamper1606
ruff1675
rub-a-dub1855
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (transitive)] > beat (tune) on
taborc1385
drum1578
rub-a-dub1855
rataplan1865
1855 Punch 28 178/2 Could it [sc. a regimental drum] be rub-a-dubbed before Sebastopol, it must need carry terror to the heart of the coldest Russian.
1896 Downside Rev. July 175 The little drum was rub-a-dubbed by Alfred Maskell.
1920 Living Age 7 Aug. 351/1 Even the rain rub-a-dubbed good music on the sky-light of that room.
1974 B. Hoddeson Porn People Introd. 8 I got myself rub-a-dubbed and ripped off, teased and titillated, dingled, crevulated, scatologized, and pornographed until I finally attained a state of blissful total immunity.
2010 S. Stauffacher Gator on Loose! xii. 138 Keisha rub-a-dubbed Razi with the towel until Mama appeared in the bathroom doorway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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