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  • noun Plural form of rhubarb.

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Examples

  • Managers and umpires got into "rhubarbs" (arguments).

    USATODAY.com - Scully is game's last link to glory days of radio 2005

  • BW: That rhubarbs are part of the game is definitely discussed (though I think you might be the only one who calls them "rhubarbs" any more).

    unknown title 2009

  • We live in the "rhubarbs," and for frequent trips of 100 miles or so round-trip are considering a VW Jetta SportWagen diesel.

    Me & My Car Jonathan Welsh 2011

  • In a medium pot, combine the rhubarbs, sugar, chile flakes and lemon peel and cook over medium or medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

    Rhubarb, Chile & Lemon Peel Preserves 2010

  • Usually abetted by Abe Saperstein, Barnum Bill and Satch broke barriers, tweaked noses, and kicked up a few rhubarbs—but still laughed all the way to the bank.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Not to mention people making rhubarbs over bars that are cruller and meaner than long johns?

    Michelle Malkin’s Victory Over Doughnut Terrorists « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • Usually abetted by Abe Saperstein, Barnum Bill and Satch broke barriers, tweaked noses, and kicked up a few rhubarbs—but still laughed all the way to the bank.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • But instead of boiling it next in a sugar solution, the peel strips are added directly to the bubbling pot of rhubarbs, once removed of all but 1/8-inch of the white stuff aka “pith”.

    Rhubarb, Chile & Lemon Peel Preserves 2010

  • Usually abetted by Abe Saperstein, Barnum Bill and Satch broke barriers, tweaked noses, and kicked up a few rhubarbs—but still laughed all the way to the bank.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Usually abetted by Abe Saperstein, Barnum Bill and Satch broke barriers, tweaked noses, and kicked up a few rhubarbs—but still laughed all the way to the bank.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

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