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from The Century Dictionary.

  • The parings of haberdine; also, any kind of fragments.

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  • 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

  • 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