rubber
Example Sentences
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A dead rubber, the kind of match usually more associated with England in the Ashes.
From BBC
It was also attended by an eager trio of young men wearing rubber bald eagle masks.
Kotak said there were no dead rubbers for India, ahead of the match against the Dutch that will now have no bearing on the tournament.
From Barron's
After that, it would begin to shrink, eventually collapsing back into a single point, much like a stretched rubber band snapping back.
From Science Daily
Woodstock gets a solo moment too, whistling on Dog Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” set to a perfect one drop beat as Charlie Brown spirals out in a chicken suit while rubber chickens sway.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
