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rubber ['rʌbə(r)](ball, gloves, hose) en ou de caoutchouc; (bullet) en caoutchouc;∎ American familiar Politics the rubber chicken circuit = série de visites dans de petites villes au cours d'une campagne électorale2 noun(a) (material) caoutchouc m;∎ figurative my legs feel like rubber j'ai les jambes en coton;(d) (in bridge, whist) robre m, rob m;∎ to play a rubber faire un robre►► rubber band élastique m;American rubber boots bottes fpl en caoutchouc;rubber cement dissolution f de caoutchouc;rubber dinghy canot m pneumatique;Botany rubber plant caoutchouc m, ficus m;rubber plantation plantation f d'hévéas;rubber planter planteur(euse) m,f d'hévéas;rubber ring bouée f (de natation);rubber stamp tampon m ou timbre m en caoutchouc;familiar rubber stamp parliament = parlement qui ne fait qu'entériner les lois;Botany rubber tree hévéa m
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