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countable and uncountable, plural dubbins
A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof. quotations examples
He brought me a pail and a stool, and held out the round tin of dubbin for me to grease the teats.
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 295
third-person singular simple present dubbins, present participle dubbining, simple past and past participle dubbined
To apply dubbin to examples