grub´bi|ness

grub´bi|ness
grub|by «GRUHB ee», adjective, -bi|er, -bi|est.
1. dirty; grimy; slovenly: »

a grubby lot Of sooty sweeps (Thomas Hood). She was an exceptionally grubby girl—fat, sloppily dressed, and, like Willard, uncommunicative (New Yorker).

2. Western U.S. infested with grubs, especially the botfly: »

grubby cattle, grubby sheep.

3. like a grub.
4. Dialect. stunted; small: »

grubby trees.

grub´bi|ly, adverb.
grub´bi|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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