Where did the sports and game term “rubber” come from?
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In sports, a rubber is a series that consists of an odd number of matches where a majority of wins takes the series. Wiktionary and Merriam-Webster both list the etymology of this definition as "origin unknown." Is there any more information available than this about the origin of this word, perhaps some study or speculation as to the origin?
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asked Nov 26 '14 at 4:12
Ben Miller
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