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Grub
·noun Victuals; food. II. Grub ·vt To supply with food. III. Grub ·noun A short, thick man; a dwar...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
grub
Victuals. To grub; to dine. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
grub
v. to clear (ground) of the roots. Togrub has long been English for to dig up by the roots. It isAu...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
grub
Food; victuals.--Grose. The Bengalese, in cool apparel, Meanwhile have reached their pic-nic bar...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
grub
A coarse but common term for provisions in general "In other words they toss'd the grub Out of t...

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Trap
·noun The game of trapball. II. Trap ·noun A wagon, or other vehicle. III. Trap ·noun A kind of mo...

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trap
To understand trap; to know one's own interest. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Grub, George
(1812-1892) Historian, was b. in Old Aberdeen, and ed. at King's Coll. there. He studied law, and w...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Grub Street
See Milton Street. Not properly Grub Street any further than the Post and Chain ; the other part in...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
grub street
A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksel...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
fresh grub
The refreshments obtained in harbour. ...

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Trap shooting
·add. ·- Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a t...

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beau trap
A loose stone in a pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, squirts it up, to the...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bully trap
A brave man with a mild or effeminate appearance, by whom bullies are frequently taken in. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum trap
A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors. Ware hawke! the bum traps are fly to our panney; keep a goo...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
louse trap
A small toothed comb. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
man trap
A woman's commodity. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
potatoe trap
The mouth. Shut your potatoe trap and give your tongue a holiday; i.e. be silent. IRISH WIT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
trap sticks
Thin legs, gambs: from the sticks with which boys play at trap-ball. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clap-trap
An artifice for attracting applause. Used chiefly in theatrical or political language. The managers...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
trap-creel
A basket for catching lobsters. ...

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wentle-trap
The Scalaria pretiosa, a very elegant univalve shell, much valued by collectors. ...

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grub street news
Lying intelligence. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Bear-trap dam
·add. ·- A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at t...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
up to trap
Knowing; shrewd. English and American. Phrenology is a little bit dangerous. It is only fit for an ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Bell Inn, Grub Street
See Bell Alley1, Grub Street. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Maidenhead Alley, Grub Street
See Maidenhead Court. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Little Bell Alley, Grub Street
See Bell Alley. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Soldiers' Court, Grub Street, Cripplegate
See Nag's Head Inn. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.