Definition: drubbed

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Drub \Drub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba
   to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to
   strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit,
   touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
   To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.

         Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
                                                  --L'Estrange.