v. t. [ The same word as fob to cheat. ] To put off by trickery; to cheat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Cheating; deception. Marston.
A fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. Mme. D'Arblay.