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Street Slang
rub-a-dub-dub
RUB-a-DUB-DUB · noun · slang
Pub — 'down the rub-a-dub'.
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Definitions
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Cockney rhyming slang for 'pub', shortened to 'rub-a-dub'.
“Fancy a pint down the rub-a-dub after work?”
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rub-a-dub-dub In A Sentence
Fancy a pint down the rub-a-dub after work?
Origin & Usage
'Dub' rhymes with 'pub'; from the nursery rhyme 'Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub'.
Variants
rub-a-dub
People Also Ask
What does 'rub-a-dub-dub' mean?
It's Cockney rhyming slang for 'pub', usually shortened to 'rub-a-dub'.
How do you use 'rub-a-dub'?
You'd say 'fancy a pint down the rub-a-dub?' to mean 'fancy a pint down the pub?'
Where does 'rub-a-dub-dub' come from?
It borrows from the old nursery rhyme 'Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub', with 'dub' rhyming on 'pub'.
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