Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One Who drubs or beats.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who drubs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who gives someone a
drubbing .
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Examples
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
Waverley 2004
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow, as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
The Waverley 1877
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de - dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de - dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow, as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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