Verb (used with object) : Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads. From Dictionary.com.
As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley] Reference
As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow, as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since] Reference
As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de - dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley — Volume 1] Reference
Pray, who, for a devil's drubber, may he be?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
Pray, who, for a devil’s drubber, may he be?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
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