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(pl. noun) - (1) Persons who ride fast on horseback, and send the wash, or dubs, about on both sides of the way. --John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824 (2) Dub-skelper, one who makes his way with such expedition as not to regard the road he takes, whether it be clean or foul; used contemptuously for a rambling fellow. --John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
April 22, 2018