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  • Mr. Kinsella accordingly "rubbered," as his slangy nephew put it, and satisfied himself of the identity of Mr.. Huntington.

    Molly Brown's Orchard Home Nell Speed 1895

  • A dominatrix leads a rubbered-up slave on a leash into the club.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • A dominatrix leads a rubbered-up slave on a leash into the club.

    Nowhere Town: Act TWO Scene I Hal Duncan 2006

  • He entered noiselessly, for his boots were rubbered against damp, and sat down at the point of balance.

    Swan Song 2004

  • The junkshops and antique bugs have rubbered all Europe for it, but it seems to be out of stock.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • The junkshops and antique bugs have rubbered all Europe for it, but it seems to be out of stock.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • In his anxiety not to miss anything, Stevie rubbered acrobatically with the result that he upset a glass of ice water down the waiter's neck, and three seconds later the tray-trotter had issued an Extra and was saying things in French that would sound scandalous if translated.

    You Should Worry Says John Henry Hugh McHugh

  • "Well, I should say I did," said Father, as he scuffed a corner of the carpet into place with his rubbered feet.

    The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

  • For pies in the cupboard, and coal in the bin, for tires that are rubbered, and motors that spin; for all of my treasures, for all that I earn, for comforts and pleasures, my thanks I return.

    Rippling Rhymes Walt Mason

  • If I have once india-rubbered it, it doesn't make a good drawing.

    The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art Cicely Margaret Powell [Editor] Binyon

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