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Grubby   /grˈəbi/   Listen
Grubby

noun
1.
Small sculpin of the coast of New England.  Synonym: Myxocephalus aenaeus.





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"Grubby" Quotes from Famous Books



... dissenting with an echo of Eliza's shudder and Mother Mayberry with a laugh, when the reprieved criminals raced back around the house, each dirty little fist inclosing a reasonable number of grubby cherry stones. ...
— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess
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... caddie for you, old man,' he said. 'I know your temperament so exactly. I know how little it takes to put you off your stroke. In an ordinary game you might take one of these boys, I know, but on an important occasion like this you must not risk it. A grubby boy, probably with a squint, would almost certainly get on your nerves. He might even make comments on the game, or whistle. But I understand you. You must let me carry ...
— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse
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... wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones, An' the blasted Henglish drizzle wakes the fever in my bones; Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand, An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand? Beefy face an' grubby 'and — Law! wot do they understand? I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land! On the road ...
— Verses 1889-1896 • Rudyard Kipling
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... "Hands look grubby. You should wash 'em. I say, what a beastly out-of-the-way place this is. Where's Uncle Dick? I only had a coffee and roll before I left London. Can ...
— The Vast Abyss - The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam • George Manville Fenn
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Words linked to "Grubby" :   grub, grubbiness, raunchy, genus Myxocephalus, grungy, soiled, sculpin, unclean, dirty, Myxocephalus


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