flubbed
Example Sentences
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Astounded insurance executives fubbed off the old man's demands.
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He tried to bite the huge, imprisoning hand; the man fubbed his face away.
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My eagerness was daunted, but yet I would not be fubbed off.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
So he fubbed me off, and took us round the docks to amuse us, and talked of dinner in a way that went to Fred's heart.
From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
"Not at all," Wilton replied, plainly alarmed, and fubbed out his cigar with forefinger and thumb, oblivious to the fact that he dropped a little shower of fire on the table cover.
From No Clue A Mystery Story by Hay, James