Grub Street

n. (often attrib.) the world or class of literary hacks and impoverished authors.
Etymology: name of a street (later Milton St.) in Moorgate, London, inhabited by these in the 17th c.

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noun

the world of literary hacks

• Hypernyms: ↑world, ↑domain

• Member Meronyms: ↑hack, ↑hack writer, ↑literary hack

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\\ˈgrəb-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized G&S

Etymology: after Grub Street (now Milton Street), London, formerly inhabited by literary hacks

: the world or category of usually mediocre, needy, and disdained writers who write for hire : the world of literary hacks

Grub Street compilers — H.R.Warfel

the translator … knows he'll always live on Grub Street — Richard Winston

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1. a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.

2. petty and needy authors, or literary hacks, collectively.

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Grub Street noun

1. A former name of Milton Street, Moorfields, London, once inhabited by booksellers' hacks and shabby writers generally

2. The milieu of hack writers or activity of hack writing

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Main Entry: ↑grub

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Grub Street,

1. a former street in London, where struggling writers lived (now caed Milton Street).

2. writers who write merely to earn money; hack writers: »

He [Balzac] served a long apprenticeship in the labyrinth of Grub Street (Listener).

grub-street «GRUHB _STREET», adjective.

having to do with or like hack writers or their work.

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[grəb]

n. used in reference to a world or class of impoverished journalists and writers

Origin:

the name of a street (later Milton Street) in Moorgate, London, England, inhabited by such authors in the 17th cent

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ˈGrub Street 7 noun

used to refer to poor writers and journalists as a group, or the life they live

 

Word Origin:

[Grub Street] the name of a street (later Milton Street) in Moorgate, London (England) inhabited by such authors in the 17th cent.