Definitions
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- noun The
sound of adrum beingcontinuously beaten . - noun by extension A
clamorous , repeated sound; aclatter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Crowds of fairies were running this away and that, asking each other stoutly, who was afraid, lights were extinguished, doors barricaded, and from the grounds of Queen Mab's palace came the rubadub of drums, showing that the royal guard had been called out.
The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898
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Crowds of fairies were running this way and that, asking each other stoutly, who was afraid, lights were extinguished, doors barricaded, and from the grounds of Queen Mab's palace came the rubadub of drums, showing that the royal guard had been called out.
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After a while, waxing ardent, he dropped to the ground, and, stationing himself before his drum, proceeded to answer each cry of his rival with a vigorous rubadub, varying the programme with an occasional halloo.
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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Posted on Thursday April 2, 2009, 23: 29 by rubadub
Empire News 2009
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Posted on Thursday April 2, 2009, 23: 29 by rubadub
Empire News 2009
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Posted on Thursday April 2, 2009, 23: 29 by rubadub
Empire News 2009
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rubadub: Why does civilisation countenance these 'critics' whose only lot is
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Philip Goldberg 2011
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"I guess he used to send the mermaids here to scrub out his best clothes - rubadub-dub!
The Rubadub Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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