noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rubbing alcohol
rubbing...hands with glee
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Manufacturers are rubbing their hands with glee as they prepare to cash in.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
brass
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He began to make a collection of brass rubbings .
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The old dining-room is now a brass rubbing centre and the drawing-room is used for meetings and lectures.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be rubbing your hands
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And ace marksman Aldo is rubbing his hands in glee at the prospect.
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Battle is joined and lawyers are rubbing their hands in anticipation.
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Frankie was rubbing his hands together and Chopper merely nodded now and then with a silly expression on his face.
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Good quality barley is making £151 a tonne so, not unnaturally, both farmers and merchants are rubbing their hands.
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He was rubbing your hands to warm you up.
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Players' agents and satellite salesmen will be rubbing their hands with glee.
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The doctor was rubbing her hands, probably to warm them, but it looked like a gesture of glee and greed.
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Thousands of people will be rubbing their hands with glee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brass rubbing
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At last, rubbing his eyes, Amphitryon sat up again.
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Because of the amount of hard rubbing needed to achieve a good finish, oil polishing is best confined to plain surfaces.
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Byzantine Follis I enclose wax impressions and a rubbing of what I think to be a coin.
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I found it difficult to take a rubbing so, despite my lack of artistic ability, I've drawn a sketch.
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It was magnificent and would come up a treat with a rubbing of linseed oil.
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The wound had become infected by the constant rubbing of a heavy load.
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These are two photos and a rubbing .
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These brought in the cash, but had to be meticulously types with no rubbing out, or so they said.