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To RUB,

to run away. A Rub, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, Hardship, or Difficulty. Rub on, to live indifferently. Rub through the World, to live tolerably well in it.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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ROTAN
ROT-Gut
ROVERS
ROUGH
ROYSTERS
To RUB
He RUBS us to the Whit
RUFF
RUFFIN
RUFFLERS
RUFFMANS

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To Rub in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).