Grub Streetn.

/ˈɡrʌb striːt/

Etymology: < the name of Grub Street near Moorfields in London (now Milton Street), ‘much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems’ (Johnson).

1. Used allusively for the tribe of mean and needy authors, or literary hacks.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > Grub-street

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1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 2/1 When strait I might descry, The Quintescence of Grubstreet, well distild Through Cripplegate in a contagious Map.

1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair v. 56 The very Spirit of Grubstreet Reigns in you.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. Pref. sig. A3 O Grubstreet! thou fruitful Nursery of tow'ring Genius's!

1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 547 Long, long beneath that hospitable roof Shall Grub-street dine, while duns are kept aloof.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 175 Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want.

2. attributive or as adj. Pertaining to, emanating from, or characteristic of Grub Street; of the nature of literary hack-work; rarely, like a needy scribbler.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [adjective] > relating to hack-writing

Grub Street1648

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1648 Mercurius Fidelicus No. 32. 6 The Grub-street Pamphleteer.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 26 Grubstreet and Polemical Divinity.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Grub street News, false, Forg'd.

1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 Till of late Years, a Grub-street Book was always bound in Sheep-skin.

1736 W. R. Chetwood Voy. W. O. G. Vaughan I. 143 Grub-street Quill-drivers.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A Grub-street writer means a hackney author, who manufactures books for the booksellers.

1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 276 At present I am perfectly Grubstreet, but then I have the pleasure of earning every penny I spend.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1889) II. xxiii. 644 Nor was it only in Grub Street tracts that such reflections were to be found.

Derivatives

Grubstreetian n. Apparently an isolated use.

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c1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 303 Ha, ha, ha, all the Judges sit upon the Grub-Streetians!

c1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 321 Any able Grubstreetian.

Grubstreetonian adj. Apparently an isolated use.

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1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 245 A Ballad in the Style Grubstreetonian.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	grub street
释义	Grub Streetn. /ˈɡrʌb striːt/ Etymology: < the name of Grub Street near Moorfields in London (now Milton Street), ‘much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems’ (Johnson). 1. Used allusively for the tribe of mean and needy authors, or literary hacks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > Grub-street Grub Street1630 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 2/1 When strait I might descry, The Quintescence of Grubstreet, well distild Through Cripplegate in a contagious Map. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair v. 56 The very Spirit of Grubstreet Reigns in you. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. Pref. sig. A3 O Grubstreet! thou fruitful Nursery of tow'ring Genius's! 1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 547 Long, long beneath that hospitable roof Shall Grub-street dine, while duns are kept aloof. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 175 Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. 2. attributive or as adj. Pertaining to, emanating from, or characteristic of Grub Street; of the nature of literary hack-work; rarely, like a needy scribbler. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [adjective] > relating to hack-writing Grub Street1648 Grubean1704 1648 Mercurius Fidelicus No. 32. 6 The Grub-street Pamphleteer. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 26 Grubstreet and Polemical Divinity. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Grub street News, false, Forg'd. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 Till of late Years, a Grub-street Book was always bound in Sheep-skin. 1736 W. R. Chetwood Voy. W. O. G. Vaughan I. 143 Grub-street Quill-drivers. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A Grub-street writer means a hackney author, who manufactures books for the booksellers. 1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 276 At present I am perfectly Grubstreet, but then I have the pleasure of earning every penny I spend. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1889) II. xxiii. 644 Nor was it only in Grub Street tracts that such reflections were to be found. Derivatives Grubstreetian n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ c1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 303 Ha, ha, ha, all the Judges sit upon the Grub-Streetians! c1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 321 Any able Grubstreetian. Grubstreetonian adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 245 A Ballad in the Style Grubstreetonian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1630
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