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slubber
/ˈslʌbɚ/
verb 3noun 1
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1SLUBBER + NOUN
bu, ine
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verb
1
To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.
[H]e [Antonio] anſvvered, do not ſo, / Slubber not buſineſs for my ſake, Baſſanio, / But ſtay the very riping of the time
2
To cover or daub (something) carelessly with a substance; to stain.
[T]here is no art that hath bin more canker'd in her principles, more ſoyl'd, and ſlubber'd vvith aphoriſming pedantry then the art of policie; […]
3
To slobber.
It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber.
noun
1
A person who, or a machine which, slubs.
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[H]e [Antonio] anſvvered, do not ſo, / Slubber not buſineſs for my ſake, Baſſanio, / But ſtay the very riping of the time
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[T]here is no art that hath bin more canker'd in her principles, more ſoyl'd, and ſlubber'd vvith aphoriſming pedantry then the art of policie; […]
Wiktionary03
It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber.
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