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rub-a-dub

[ruhb-uh-duhb] Origin

rub-a-dub

[ruhb-uh-duhb]
noun
the sound of a drum when beaten.

Origin:
1780–90; imitative
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Rub-a-dub is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Word Origin & History

rub-a-dub
1787, echoic of the sound of a drum.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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