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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gruhb-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrʌb i |
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Définition of grubby
Origin :- "dirty," by 1845, from grub (n.) in a sense of "dirty child" (who presumably got that way from digging in earth) + -y (2). Earlier it was used in a sense of "stunted, dwarfish" (1610s) and "infested with grubs" (1725). Related: Grubbily; grubbiness.
- adj dirty, disheveled
- From the miserable camp pup he glanced at the grubby face of Jamie.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The cleaner-by-the-day will do the grubby things and I shall like it.
- Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- And the boy had scrambled to his feet to extend a grubby paw.
- Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
- They made their way through a swarm of grubby children, and entered the porch.
- Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
- So, reversing the order of Nature, the butterfly had retired into a 'grubby' state.
- Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
- They contemplated their grubby little paws with great equanimity.
- Extract from : « Esther's Charge » by Evelyn Everett-Green
- I endued her grubby disorder with a sinister and magnificent quality of intention.
- Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
- That word “grubby” was brought out in a way that was absolutely wonderful.
- Extract from : « The New Mistress » by George Manville Fenn
- The soul of Tiki-pu gave a sharp leap in his grubby little body.
- Extract from : « Moonshine & Clover » by Laurence Housman
- Instead therefore of grubby blackguards as saints we have grubby blackguards as devils.
- Extract from : « A Wanderer in Paris » by E. V. Lucas
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