verb. (old).—To cheat; to steal; to put off with false excuses. Also FUBBERY = cheating, stealing, deception.

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  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.

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  1604.  MARSTON, The Malcontent, i., 3. O no; but dream the most fantastical. O heaven! O FUBBERY! FUBBERY!

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  1619.  FLETCHER, Monsieur Thomas, ii., 2. My letter FUBB’D too.

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  1647.  CARTWRIGHT, The Ordinary, iv., 4. I won’t be FUBBED.

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