RUBBAGE, RUB'BER, noun 1. One that rubs. 2. The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning. 3. A coarse file, or the rough part of it. 4. A whetstone; a rubstone. 5. The gaming, two games out of three; or the game that decides the contest; or a contest consisting of three games. India rubber, elastic resin, or caoutchouc, a substance produced from the syringe tree of south America; a substance remarkably pliable and elastic.
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