Ruba-dub

Rub´a-dub


n.1.The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
The rubadub of the abolition presses.
- D. Webster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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