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rubber

/ˈɹʌbɚ/ noun B1
  1. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A condom, especially an external condom. (US, countable, slang)
  4. Someone or something which rubs. (countable)
  5. One who rubs down horses. (countable, uncountable)
  6. One who practises massage. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A coarse towel for rubbing the body. (countable, uncountable)
  8. An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc. (countable, uncountable)

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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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