rhubarber
/ˈruːbɑːbə/noun
1A person who grows rhubarb.
2 Slang (originally Theatre ). Originally: an actor who repeats the word ‘rhubarb’ so as to represent an indistinct conversation or the noise of a crowd. Now also (more generally): a person who mumbles or speaks indistinctly.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Munsey's Magazine. From rhubarb + -er.
- one (also a) (great) big happy family
- one and all
- one and only
- one and the same
- one another
- one-argument
- one-arm
- one-arm bandit
- one-armed
- one-armed bandit
- one-armed paper-hanger
- one-arm joint
- one-arm lunch
- one-arm lunch room
- on earth
- one-back
- one-bar
- one-base
- one-baser
- one-berry
- one-book
- one by one
- one cannot live by bread alone
- one can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
- one catch all