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Street Slang
rub-a-dub
RUB-a-DUB · noun · slang
Rhyming slang for pub, sometimes 'rubble'.
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Cockney rhyming slang meaning the pub.
“See you down the rub-a-dub at eight.”
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rub-a-dub In A Sentence
See you down the rub-a-dub at eight.
Origin & Usage
'Dub' rhymes with 'pub'; traditional London rhyming slang.
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What does 'rub-a-dub' mean?
It's Cockney rhyming slang for 'pub' — 'dub' rhymes with 'pub'.
Where does 'rub-a-dub' come from?
It echoes the old nursery-rhyme phrase 'rub-a-dub-dub', repurposed in London rhyming slang to mean the pub.
How is it used?
You'd say 'Meet me at the rub-a-dub' to mean meet me at the pub.
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