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English
Etymology
From Middle English jubbe, of unknown origin.
Noun
jubbe (plural jubbes)
- (archaic) A large vessel holding liquor.
Middle English
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
jubbe (plural jubbis)
- jubbe (tankard that holds liquor)
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shypmans Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
With hym broghte he a jubbe of malvesye.- With him he brought a tank of malvoisie.
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