Meanings
nounnubbing cheat (plural nubbing cheats)
plural nubbing cheats
- obsoleteslangThe gallows.
Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 307
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