tubifyv.
/ˈtjuːbɪfʌɪ/ transitive. ? To give a tubular form to.Apparently an isolated use.
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1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xviii. 347 ‘I don't think Vulcan has a figure that interests me.’ ‘Not even if it was tubified and tittivated up?’
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v.1928- pull etc a rabbit out of a hat
- pull etc oneself by one's bootstraps
- pull etc oneself by one's own bootstraps
- pull etc oneself up by one's bootstraps
- pull etc oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- pull factor
- pull focus
- pull foot
- pull for prime
- pull free
- pull g's
- pull hitter
- pull in
- pull in one's belt
- pull in pieces
- pull in the same boat
- pull in the weights
- pull it
- pull it out of the hat
- pull leather
- pull lift oneself by one's bootstraps
- pull lift oneself by one's own bootstraps
- pull lift oneself up by one's bootstraps
- pull lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- pull no punches