rub and tug
n.— «The help they need can come from one of two places—from the Chinese community itself, or the shady world of what is often called the “rub and tugs” within the massage parlour business.» —“Cops are just as stumped now as they were 3 years ago when the gruesome triple murder occurred at a Markham rub parlour” by Mark Bonokoski Sun (Toronto, Canada) Apr. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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