What does grubbery mean?
Grubbery means (countable, slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(countable, slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop..
His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; however, the keen air of Hampstead, added to a good grubbery, had not only produced an improvement of his frame, but had reduced the odds against him, […]
Patterned after the grubberies and saloons frequented by hungry prospectors, the restaurant satisfies hearty appetites with savory appetizers […]
"From thieving Arabs to Jewish grubbery, it had to be the daughter of a wheel merchant."
As another comes with blue-eyed guilt, bed / dressed in morning grubbery in your mind, […]
Judging by the way political sex scandals had operated since time immemorial, any seasoned bettor would have sworn that Trump's then-nascent political career was over on Oct. 7, 2016, when The Washington Post published the "Access Hollywood" tape baring the Donald in all his grubbery.
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Grubbery means (countable, slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop..
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His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; however, the keen air of Hampstead, added to a good grubbery, had not only produced an improvement of his frame, but had reduced the odds against him, […]
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