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"ref": "1989, James Cameron, The Abyss (motion picture), spoken by Alan \"Hippy\" Carnes (Todd Graff)",
"text": "You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened! Give their folks medals!",
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"text": "With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.",
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"text": "She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.",
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"ref": "1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20",
"text": "At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs.\" \"Maybe he has his reasons,\" Jim replied. \"And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the subs yet — not this season.",
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"(informal) Clipping of substitute., often in sports or teaching."
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"ref": "1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2",
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"ref": "2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell",
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"ref": "2004, P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET, page 49",
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"ref": "2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang",
"text": "[…] roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs […]",
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},
{
"ref": "2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin",
"text": "\"It means that I'm both a sub and a dom.\" \"Submissive and dominant,\" I said. He nodded.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex",
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"(BDSM, informal) A submissive."
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"ref": "1911, J. Milton Hayes, The Green Eye of the Yellow God",
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"text": "I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.",
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"ref": "1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20",
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"ref": "1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2",
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"text": "I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.",
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"subtitle"
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"ref": "2004, P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET, page 49",
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"A subeditor."
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"A subcontractor."
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"A subwoofer."
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"ref": "2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang",
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"ref": "2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin",
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"ref": "2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex",
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"ref": "2011, Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?",
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{
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"word": "soft-sub"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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