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rub v Colloquial Expression: " I'll _rub your buttons_". This was an expression used among boys ages 12 - 16 yrs. It is used as a "_dare_" meaning that the persons is scared to engage with you in physical combat . It was considered a challenge to the person whose buttons wer...
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| Summary: | rub v Colloquial Expression: " I'll _rub your buttons_". This was an expression used among boys ages 12 - 16 yrs. It is used as a "_dare_" meaning that the persons is scared to engage with you in physical combat . It was considered a challenge to the person whose buttons were rubbed by the hand of the challenge ;much in the same way as in the age of chivalry to slap a person " across the face" with a glove was the act of issuing a challenge [reverse] Should the person whose buttons you rubbed refuse to fight then he was branded a coward or "fraidy cat" by his peers. Yes _A1_. JW See Card A2 for the completion of this comment . DICT CEN. [over] Not used Not used Withdrawn Reverse of card at R_16175 NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY |
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