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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rub

An impediment. The expression is taken from bowls, where “rub” means that something hinders the free movement of your bowl.

“Without rub or interruption.” —Swift.

Like a bowle that runneth in a smooth allie.
Without anie rub.

—Staniharst, p. 10.

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