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rubber

/ˈɹʌbɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Not covered by funds on account. (slang)
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For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 5 · C1
“Still, I confess that I miss my rubber.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
It is the first Saturday night for seven-and-twenty years that I have not had my rubber.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
I had brought a pack of cards in my pocket, and I thought that, as we were a partie carrée, you might have your rubber after all.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · B2

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