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1571
Husbandry
(rev. ed.) H1
V
Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught, That home hath no fellow to such as haue aught.
1823
Clari
I
. i.
‘Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.’
1939
Trouble for Lucia
xi.
‘What a joy to have it back at Mallards again!’..‘No place like home is there, dear?’
content and discontent
;
home
Husbandry
(rev. ed.) H1
V
Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught, That home hath no fellow to such as haue aught.
1823
Clari
I
. i.
‘Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.’
1939
Trouble for Lucia
xi.
‘What a joy to have it back at Mallards again!’..‘No place like home is there, dear?’
content and discontent;
home
place
plant
Those who PLAY at bowls must look out for rubbers
Rubber
is apparently an alteration of rub, an obstacle or impediment to the course of a bowl. Cf.
1595
SHAKESPEARE
Richard II
.
III
. iv. 4 Madam, we'll play at bowls.— 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs.
1762
Sir Launcelot Greaves
I.
X
. (
heading
)
Which sheweth that he who plays at bowls, will sometimes meet with rubbers.
1824
Redgauntlet
III. vi.
‘And how if it fails?’ said Darsie. ‘Thereafter as it may be—’ said Nixon; ‘they who play at bowls must meet with rubbers.’
1874
Hours in Library
I. 384
De Quincey .. admits .. that the fanaticism of the rub was ‘much more reasonable’ than the fanaticism of Priestly; and that those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.
1907
Old English Sports
xi.
Another term used in common speech and derived from this game [bowls] is ‘rub’; as when we say .. ‘he who plays at bowls must look out for rubs’—that is, he must consider the inequalities of the ground, and .. make due allowance for them.
caution
;
foresight and hindsight
;
trouble
is apparently an alteration of rub, an obstacle or impediment to the course of a bowl. Cf.
1595
SHAKESPEARE
Richard II
.
III
. iv. 4 Madam, we'll play at bowls.— 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs.
1762Sir Launcelot Greaves
I.
X
. (
heading
)
Which sheweth that he who plays at bowls, will sometimes meet with rubbers.
1824
Redgauntlet
III. vi.
‘And how if it fails?’ said Darsie. ‘Thereafter as it may be—’ said Nixon; ‘they who play at bowls must meet with rubbers.’
1874
Hours in Library
I. 384
De Quincey .. admits .. that the fanaticism of the rub was ‘much more reasonable’ than the fanaticism of Priestly; and that those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.
1907
Old English Sports
xi.
Another term used in common speech and derived from this game [bowls] is ‘rub’; as when we say .. ‘he who plays at bowls must look out for rubs’—that is, he must consider the inequalities of the ground, and .. make due allowance for them.
caution;
foresight and hindsight
;
trouble
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