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Drub (noun) means a type of shale containing carbon, or small bits of coal, slate, and other waste found with coal.

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A type of shale containing carbon, or small bits of coal, slate, and other waste found with coal.
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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf, meaning ‘turbid; dreggy; dirty’, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz, meaning ‘turbid’.

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"drub" (noun) means a type of shale containing carbon, or small bits of coal, slate, and other waste found with coal.
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