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Definition of Grubstaked
1. grubstake [v] - See also: grubstake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grubstaked
Literary usage of Grubstaked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"John Cady, an Arizona pioneer, says that Warren was also grubstaked about this
time by George Stephens at Eureka Springs. In any event, on December 27, ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"... fighting spirit that had made her father a multi-millionaire from a grubstaked
miner had been inherited by the Allison heiress. She summoned her maid. ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"During all of that time he had been grubstaked at the rate of $75 a month by AD
Parker, a railroad man. ..."
4. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"I grubstaked him last night. Perhaps you think / held Higgins's stage up."
It was not the actual words, but the ridiculing, baiting air that fanned Jake's ..."
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