grubbing n.1
eating; also attrib.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 28: What with snoozing,† high grubbing,‡ and guzzling like Cloe [notes] † Sleeping. ‡Feeding. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Bell’s Life in Sydney 24 Oct. 2/2: Arriving at the grubbing ground we were pleased to notify the exactness of the [...] caterer’s design. | |
| ‘’Arry on Angling’ in Punch 30 July 45/1: The ’ole thing seemed swell with good grubbing and lots o’ prime lotion chucked in. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Arrowsmith 459: Is this going to be just a homey grub-grubbing or a real soiree? |
In compounds
a cookshop; thus grubbing-crib fencer, the proprietor of an eating house.
| Kendal Mercury 3 Apr. 6/2: Vy, he’s second to no tyke on the pad for progging (stealing meat); ye should see him with a dollop of bee’s-wax (cheese) from a grubbing crib (provision store). | |
| Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. | |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
| Leics. Chron. 17 May 12/2: It’s a first-rate grubbing ken. |
the fingers.
| Bell’s Life in London 7 May 3/2: January, like his namesake [...] took the lead [...] cracking the pieman’s crust in a style which completely deranged the economy of his grubbing utensils. The pieman was overdone [...] having both ogles completely shut up. |
a restaurant, a café.
| ‘’Arry in Parry’ in Punch 29 June in (2006) 95: And enough grubbing places [...] to feed ’arf a town. |