nubbing cheat

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nubbing cheat (plural nubbing cheats)

  1. (slang, obsolete) The gallows.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 307:
      Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.