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Definition of Grubby

1. Noun. Small sculpin of the coast of New England.

2. Adjective. Infested with grubs.

3. Adjective. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. "A grungy kitchen"

Definition of Grubby

1. a. Dirty; unclean.

2. n. Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Definition of Grubby

1. Adjective. Dirty, unwashed, unclean. ¹

2. Adjective. Having grubs in it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grubby

1. dirty [adj -BIER, -BIEST] : GRUBBILY [adv] - See also: dirty

Medical Definition of Grubby

1. Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grubby

grubbed grubber grubber kick grubbers grubbier grubbies grubbiest grubbily grubbiness grubbinesses

grubbing grubble grubbled grubbles grubbling grubby (current term) grublike grubs grubstake grubstaked

grubstaker grubstakers grubstakes grubstaking grubworm grubworms grucche grucched grucches grucching

Literary usage of Grubby

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"CHAPTER X PRICKLY PORKY AND grubby GOPHER ALL the way to school the next morning Peter Rabbit wondered who they would learn about that day. ..."

2. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"liberal education, and with wider views than are necessary for the grubby grind of everyday practice in a solicitor's office. ..."

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