What is something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub called?
rub — Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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