Word Of The Week: Rub-A-Dub

This week's vintage dictionary discovery is rub-a-dub 🥁

According to this vintage dictionary: n. & v.i. – "(Make) rolling sound of drum."

Today, we often associate rub-a-dub with the familiar nursery rhyme, but its roots lie in the rhythmic roll of a drum—a wonderful reminder of how words evolve over time.

For this piece, I paired the authentic vintage dictionary page with a striking antique image of a spider. Every print is unique, with the surrounding text becoming part of the artwork and preserving a small piece of linguistic history.

Do you enjoy the vintage definition, the spider illustration, or both?

🖤 Printed on genuine vintage encyclopedic dictionary pages
📖 One-of-a-kind due to the natural variation of each page
✨ A perfect gift for lovers of words, nature, and the unusual