To Drub (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Drub

To beat any one with a stick, or rope’s end: perhaps a contraction of dry rub. It is also used to signify a good beating with any instrument.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.