grubbery
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Meaning · English
A basic restaurant or cookshop.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; however, the keen air of Hampstead, added to a good grubbery
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “grubbery” mean?
A basic restaurant or cookshop.
Is “grubbery” formal or informal?
grubbery is generally slang.