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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



... 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 to ...
— Verses 1889-1896 • Rudyard Kipling
... Button's first child was born. During the attendant festivities, however, no one thought it "the thing" to mention, that the little grubby boy, apparently about ten years of age who played around the house with lead soldiers and a miniature circus, was the new ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald


Words linked to "Grubby" :   grubbiness, genus Myxocephalus, unclean, dirty, dingy, soiled, grub, sculpin, Myxocephalus


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