rub·down

[ruhb-doun]
noun
a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.

Origin:
1665–75; noun use of verb phrase rub down

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rubdown

noun
the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes 
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Rubdown is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
It is the exact same rubdown that adults go through.
There was a steam bath on the post run by locals, and you could go to get a steam bath and a rubdown.
He lies facedown on a rubdown table next to the track, and the cameras zoom as a trainer bends his limbs and rubs in oils.
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