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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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"Cub" Quotes from Famous Books

... But I felt more indignant at the wit, forsooth, of the well-fed serving-man behind the coach, who should also have his joke upon us; for as we passed, he turned to my companion, whom he addressed as a male personage—"And why, you old villain, do you drive your cub to the 'island' pinioned in such a manner,—give him the use of his arms, you sinner!"—thus intimating that I was a booby son of her's in leading-strings. The old lady looked at him with a very peculiar expression ...

— The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim • William Carleton

... the party returned to the house. The Strawberry had already made known to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell the cause of the report. About an hour before breakfast, Malachi and Martin came in, each with a cub of a few weeks old. The little animals had come in the track of the mother in search of her, and were pawing the dead body, as if trying to awaken her, when ...

— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat

... back to me now, so clearly that it seems to be happening again. There are Marah and Hugh, with the sun going down behind the gorse-bank, across the Lea; and there are the broken ships floating slowly past, with the perch rising at them; and there is myself, a very young cub, ignorant of what was about to come upon me. Perhaps, had I known what was to happen before the leaves of that spring had fallen, I should have played less light-heartedly, and given more heed ...

— Jim Davis • John Masefield

... his cub flash teeth against a stalking lynx, half proud and half fearful of such courage, so the dying cattleman looked at his son. Excitement set a high and dangerous color in his cheek. "Pierre—brave boy! Look at me. I ain't no imitation man, even now, but I ain't a ghost of what I was. ...

— Riders of the Silences • Max Brand

... writers!—[Frederic W. Maitland.]—The memory of it remains with us, as being the profoundest and the most sober criticism we have had in our time. The only sting in it was an inoffensive humorous irony that now and then stole out for a roll over, like a furry cub, or the occasional ripple on a lake in grey weather. We have nothing left ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

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