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noun

Cub n.

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. "O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?"

Cub n.

A stall for cattle. (Obs.) "I would rather have such...in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table."

A cupboard. (Obs.)

verb

Cub v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. cubbed; pres. part. cubbing) To bring forth; said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin."

Cub v. t. To shut up or confine. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cub" Quotes from Famous Books

... dissembling cub! What wilt thou be, When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? Farewell, and take her; but direct thy feet Where thou and I henceforth may ...

— Twelfth Night; or, What You Will • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

... killed her, that woman in black, to stop her from blowing on him. Who would have dreamed a meek, sober nun could be transformed like that? A lioness whose cub has been shot, straightway becomes a beast-devil. She, standing on the naked steps of the bare altar, with upraised, black-sleeved arms and black funereal robes, demanding Heaven's vengeance for that deed of old, calling down the judgment of God upon its doer, ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... "You infernal cub!" I roared. "Haven't you any more sense than to smash a golf club like that? For two cents I'd break ...

— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon

... to Simla of the Investigators, attired after the manner of Dionysus, leading a pet tiger-cub in wreaths of rhubarb-leaves, symbolical of India ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... Major de Blacquaire swung into the saddle. 'I don't care to take revenge that way,' he said. 'I have known you always for an impudent and underbred young cub; but you go by way of pretending to be a gentleman, and I have my punishment in store for you. I learned something of you from your friend, Captain Volnay, and amongst other things I find you are playing Quixote. When the campaign is over you'll be going back to the old thief's thousands. ...

— VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea • David Christie Murray

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