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fubsy | fubs |

As an adjective fubsy

is (british) short and stout; low and wide.

As a verb fubs is

(fub).

As a noun fubs is

.

fubsy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (British) short and stout; low and wide
    • a fubsy sofa
  • * Mme. D'Arblay
    • A fubsy , good-humoured, silly old maid.

    fubs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fub)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • fub

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * fob

    Verb

    (fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
    • A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed' off, and '''fubbed''' off, and ' fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (fob) a pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
    • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)