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grubber
grubber (ˈgrʌbə(r)) [f. grub v. + -er1.] 1. One who grubs, lit. and fig.; a digger; a searcher among ruins and the like; a laborious worker.13.. St. Erkenwolde 41 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 267 Mony grubber in grete þe grounde for to seche. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 217/1 Grubbare in þe erthe, or oþe...
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Grubber
Grubber is a term which was sometimes used in Victorian England to describe people who scavenged in drains for a living. Grubber is also a colloquial name used in New Zealand for a mattock and in Australia as a term for a cricket ball which when bowled (as a result of lack
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Grubber kick
In league, the grubber is usually executed when close to the opposition's line as an attacking play - grubbering into the ingoal. Execution
To execute a grubber, the ball is held on each side in an upright position slightly tilted toward the body.
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grubbler
† grubbler Obs. or arch. Also 5 groublare, growblar. [Altered form of grubber.] = grubber 1.c 1440 [see grubber 1]. 1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXII. 283 That which not the parish-clerk, but the conversation of the neighbourhood, might have supplied, is too commonly left to the sagacity of grubb...
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Daisy grubber
A daisy grubber is a garden tool that is used to pull out roots.
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money-grubber
ˈmoney-grubber [See grubber 3.] = prec.1840 Bentley's Miscellany VIII. 449 The money-grubber, pent up in a close city. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles xxxii. 333 And so, they've turned you over..to the old money-grubber. 1862 Thornbury Turner II. 258 Was this..the mere money-grubber and sordid Harpagon? 1...
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money-grubber
money-grubbern person who greedily wants to gain money, usu by dishonest methods 敛财者(通常指用不正当手段).
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Grubville, Missouri
The community was named after the occupation of a local "grubber" (i.e. post hole digger).
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Junk man
See also
American Pickers
Dumpster diving
Grubber
Karung guni
Mudlark
Rag-and-bone man, the British equivalent of this vocation
Sanford and Son, a television
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scrapeling
† ˈscrapeling Obs. rare—1. [f. scrape v. + -ling.] A money-grubber, miser.1629 Gaule Distractions 321 Is it you..old Pouch-penny? Methought, twas some such Scrapeling.
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John Noble (rugby union)
Playing on the wing, Noble scored a try after following up and diving on a grubber kick by Dawie Snyman.
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Bomb (kick)
Grubber kicks or cross kicks are now often used in preference to bombing into the in-goal area. Punt kick
Drop kick
Grubber kick
Onside kick
References
External links
Rugby league: Polish up your punt kick BBC website 15 September 2005
Rugby
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Lunk
Grubber (Lunk) voiced by Peter New in Powerpuff Girls Z
Lunk Nelson, played by Christian Rub in Father's Son
Lunk played by Enzo Junior in Preaching
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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
His ambition is strengthened by the fact that there is an abandoned three-storey building named The Grubber, an old English word for a sweet-shop, near Among the sweets that Billy sells in The Grubber are Fizzwinkles, from China.
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Robert Campbell (rugby league)
Campbell grubber-kicked for Russia's only try, scored by Matt Donovan, in their Test match against Australia, a game that ended in a record 110–4 defeat
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