rubbity-dubn.
/ˌrʌbᵻtɪˈdʌb/, U.S. /ˌrəbədiˈdəb/, Australian English /ˌrʌbətiˈdʌb/, /ˌrʌbədiˈdʌb/, New Zealand English /ˌrʌbədiˈdʌb/ Australian and New Zealand.
A public house.
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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
1905 H. P. C. Tritton Let. 3 Mar. in J. Meredith Duke of Outback (1983) iv. 104 I ambled over to the rubbity dub and had a pint of Oh my dear.
1945 A. Thurian Bidgeroo & Jumbucks 12 We'd mooch or ride, To muster at the rubbity-dub.
1962 ‘Hori’ Half-gallon Jar 85 So on a Saturday I went down to the local rubberty dub to have a few with the boys.
2002 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 28 July 37 The poor old pokie player in a cloud of smoke at the local rubbity-dub.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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