(UK, obsolete, slang) A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.

plural of grubbing ken

(UK) pub food; meals typically found in a pub

plural of grass grub

(US, slang, derogatory) The practice of students (especially those in college) attempting to negotiate or suck up for better grades.

(US, slang, derogatory) Engaging in grade grubbing.

black-headed pasture cockchafer

plural of Tasmanian grass grub

One who grubs. / A machine or tool of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc.

Dirty, unwashed, unclean. / (figuratively) Disreputable, sordid. / Having grubs in it.