Grubbery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grubbery is a noun meaning (countable, slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop.
Meaning
(countable, slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The quality of being grasping; a tendency to grub.
Example Sentences
"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, […]
Patterned after the grubberies and saloons frequented by hungry prospectors, the restaurant satisfies hearty appetites with savory appetizers […]
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.
Word Forms
- grubberies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grub, grillery, foodery, burgery, fooderie, noshery.
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