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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dubs

in “marbles” is a contraction of double or doublets. Thus, if a player knocks two marbles out of the ring, he cries dubs, before the adversary cries “no dubs,” and claims them both.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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