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rubber
noun- a condom US, 1947
The most common, and almost only, slang term for a condom in the US. - “[I]f they was to be a piece of pussy settin’ up on that beach, and Ah didn’t have a rubber, Ah’d just shoot myself anyway.” — Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, p. 21, 1948
- Gordon’s Novelty Shop, at 428 East Baltimore Street, hands out a business card with a drawing on the reverse side showing a short-skirted cutie standing next to a young soldier in a rainstorm, with the caption: “Don’t forget your rubbers.” — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 267, 1951
- One of these inexpressible American evenings in a girl’s home-parlor, with darkness pressing at the windows, and little lace panties, and little sighs, and noises that make you jump and look over your sweaty shoulder, and the final disposal of the saggy rubber in your handker-chief. — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Neal Cassady, p. 287, 10 January 1951
- “Well, later on I went down to Doc Parker’s again to get me a rubber.” — William Burroughs, Naked Lunch, p. 175, 1957
- She went into the bathroom, returned with a rubber. “You never know what the hell you guys have had your pricks in,” she said brutally. — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 157, 1963
- Well, when some have new chicks going right, they’ll come asking you for rubbers. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 48, 1964
- She asked me what I meant; rubbers? safes? skins? prophylactics? contraceptives? — John Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo, p. 105, 1965
- There is an awful lot of clap loose in the U.S.–and while rubbers are a drag, the clap is something else again. — Berkeley Barb, p. 10, 2–8 June 1967
- Since the Pill has come of age, an entire institution which had evolved around the purchasing and using of rubbers has faded into relative obscurity. — Screw, p. 21, 22 March 1970
- I want you to ice the rubber and let him get a shot of pure honey. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 47, 1973
- Few men use rubbers in Nevada’s clean houses, but you can if you want to. — Gerald Paine, A Bachelor’s Guide to the Brothels of Nevada, p. 12, 1978
- And the rubbers you hide / In your top left pocket — Gang of Four At Home He’s a Tourist, 1979
- [S]he still won’t learn, what’s gonna happen to her if she lets them fuck her without using a rubber. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 26, 1981
- Be a real swell guy and don’t be a toad / Wear a rubber before blowing a load. — Maledicta, p. 187, 1988–1989
- The only thing I ever touch though is a rubber. I don’t give no head without a rubber. I don’t fuck without a rubber. — William T. Vollman, Whores for Gloria, p. 84, 1991
- What does Magenta do with bloody rubbers? She turns them inside out and uses them again. — Sal Piro and Michael Hess, The Official “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Audience Participation Guide, p. 33, 1991
- Jesus, ain’t you learned nuthin yet cept how to slide on a rubber? — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, p. 33, 1992
- This receptacle is where the studs deposit their used rubbers (perfectly placed, too, as the horrific stench its mouth emits discourages anyone from lingering onstage). — Anthony Petkovich, The X Factory, p. 188, 1997
- balloons US
- — American Speech, p. 282, December 1966: “More carnie talk from the west coast”
- collectively, a car’s tyres US, 1882
A car might be said to have “good rubber”. - Bernie bought new rubber and took the precaution of storing the car in a public garage. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 122, 1961
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcycle Slang, p. 170, 1992
- a car US
- At sixteen, I didn’t have the money to buy a Cadillac, but she had her own fine “rubber,” as we called a car in those days. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 68, 1964
- a rubber bullet US
- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 130, 1982
▶ burn rubber
to spin a car’s wheels in a fast start, leaving rubber tracks on the road US- — Fred Horsley, The Hot Rod Handbook, p. 208, 1957
- Dip dropped the gear in gear, burned rubber turning the corner, headed cross town. — Steve Cannon, Groove, Bang, and Jive Around, p. 20, 1969
- “Hang on! We’re off,” and Francine gunned the hot motor and burned rubber as she peeled away from the parking lot. — Vance Donovan, High Rider, p. 38, 1969
- “Don’t burn rubber. Just go slow,” Tommy said from the back seat. — Stephen J. Cannell, Big Con, p. 25, 1997
▶ chirp rubber
to shift gears in a car in a manner that produces a chirping sound of tyre meeting road US- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 31, 1965
- Shane tried to make up ground, spinning his wheels, chirping rubber, trying to get around slower traffic. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 222, 2001
▶ on rubber
driving a car US- A couple of my boys came up. “You still on rubber, man?” one wanted to know. “That’s right,”I said. “Say, run me out to Hollywood, man.” — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 43, 1945
▶ peel rubber
to spin a car’s wheels in a fast start, leaving rubber tracks on the road US- It left the parking lot swiftly, but without peeling any rubber. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 152, 1971
- Can it lay rubber? — American Graffiti, 1973
- I didn’t know a Plymouth Reliant could peel rubber. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 238, 1993
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