verb. (old).To cheat; to steal; to put off with false excuses. Also FUBBERY = cheating, stealing, deception.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry IV., ii. 1. I have borne, and borne, and borne, and have been FUBBED OFF, and FUBBED OFF from this day to that day.
1604. MARSTON, The Malcontent, i., 3. O no; but dream the most fantastical. O heaven! O FUBBERY! FUBBERY!
1619. FLETCHER, Monsieur Thomas, ii., 2. My letter FUBBD too.
1647. CARTWRIGHT, The Ordinary, iv., 4. I wont be FUBBED.