Dr. Van Vleet shoehorned his damp rubbers on over his scuffed black shoes.
Examples of 'rubbers' in a sentence
rubbers
It came with a red-hot sauce and two pieces of meat which looked like knee cartilage but turned out to be school rubbers.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
He was wearing city clothes, a good topcoat and low shoes with toe rubbers.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2002)
I ate the eba and sauce and left the rubbers for Sam and Bagado.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
All related terms of 'rubbers'
gum elastic
a cream to dark brown elastic material obtained by coagulating and drying the latex from certain plants, esp the tree Hevea brasiliensis
rubber
Rubber is a strong, waterproof, elastic substance made from the juice of a tropical tree or produced chemically. It is used for making tyres , boots , and other products.
ink rubber
an eraser for removing ink
butyl rubber
a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene , used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
cold rubber
synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
crepe rubber
a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets , prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers : used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods
foam rubber
a kind of light cellular rubber made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as packaging
hard rubber
a hard fairly inelastic material made by vulcanizing natural rubber
India rubber
crude , natural rubber obtained from latex ; caoutchouc
latex rubber
rubber used to make many products such as gloves , condoms , etc, and which is made from latex , a whitish milky fluid containing protein , starch , alkaloids , etc, that is produced by many plants
Pará rubber
a South American rubber obtained from any of various euphorbiaceous trees of the genus Hevea , esp H . brasiliensis
sorbo rubber
spongy form of rubber
wild rubber
rubber obtained from uncultivated rubber trees
pencil rubber
a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil ; eraser
ribbed and smoked sheet
a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires . It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
silicone rubber
a rubberlike polymer prepared from certain silicones : it maintains its elasticity over a wide range of temperatures and is used in gaskets , insulation , etc.
smoked rubber
a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires . It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
sponge rubber
rubber with a spongelike consistency
composition rubber
manufactured rubber
synthetic rubber
any of various synthetic materials, similar to natural rubber , made by polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbons , such as isoprene and butadiene
guayule
a bushy shrub , Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae ( composites )