Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The parings of haberdine; also, any kind of fragments.
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Examples
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We call the shavings of fish (which are little worth) gubbings; and sure it is that they are sensible that the word importeth shame and disgrace.
Westward Ho! 2007
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We call the shavings of fish (which are little worth) gubbings; and sure it is that they are sensible that the word importeth shame and disgrace.
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
sionnach commented on the word gubbings
Anabaptists near Brent, in Devonshire. They had no ecclesiastical order or authority, “but lived in holes, like swine; had all things in common; and multiplied without marriage. Their language was vulgar Devonian… They lived by pilfering sheep; were fleet as horses; held together like bees; and revenged every wrong. One of the society was always elected chief, and called King of the Gubbings.�? 1
N.B. Their name is from gubbings, the offal of fish (Devonshire).
Brewer's Dictionary of Fable
January 11, 2009
qms commented on the word gubbings
The scales come off with the scrubbings.
The salt goes on with the rubbings.
When the codfish are done
To dry in the sun
The gulls come to feast on the gubbings.
June 2, 2015