mully-grubn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlɪɡrʌb/, U.S.

/ˈməliˌɡrəb/, Australian English

/ˈmʌliɡrʌb/

Forms: 1700s–1800s mulligrub (English regional (south-western)), 1900s– mully-grub.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mully adj., grub n.

Etymology: Probably < mully adj. + grub n. Compare earlier (in a different sense) mulligrub n.

Now Australian.

†1. English regional (south-western). mully-grub-gurgeon n. a grub that feeds on coarse meal (see gurgeons n.). Also used as a term of abuse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt

thingOE

cat?c1225

geggea1300

fox-whelpc1320

creaturea1325

whelp1338

scoutc1380

turnbroach14..

foumart1508

shit1508

get?a1513

strummel?a1513

scofting?1518

pismirea1535

clinchpoop1555

rag1566

huddle and twang1578

whipster1590

slop1599

shullocka1603

tailor1607

turnspit1607

fitchewa1616

bulchin1617

trundle-taila1626

tick1631

louse1633

fart1669

insect1684

mully-grub-gurgeon1746

grub-worm1752

rass1790

foutre1794

blister1806

snot1809

skin1825

scurf1851

scut1873

Siwash1882

stiff1882

bleeder1887

blighter1896

sugar1916

vuilgoed1924

klunk1942

fart sack1943

fart-arse1946

jerkwad1980

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 11 Oh! a plague rat tha! Ya mulligrub Gurgin!

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Mulligrub-Gurgin, a meal-grub that feeds only upon gurgins or gurgions, the coarsest kind of meal.

1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Mulligrub-gurgin, a meal-grub which feeds exclusively on gurgin or gurgions, a very coarse meal which is given to hounds.

2. Australian. A grub, esp. a witchetty grub.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Hepialidae > member of (swift)

swift1819

Hepialid1888

mully-grub1924

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Cossidae > cossus ligniperda (goat moth)

goat moth1742

mully-grub1924

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that eats witchetty bush

witchetty1891

mully-grub1924

1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 61 If fruit trees are not sprayed at the correct time..leaves will curl up (caused by a mullygrub shaped like a corkscrew).

1959 J. Wright Generations of Men 28 A gin had gone over to look for mully-grubs in the bush.

1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 8/8 The woman..had told him frequently to ‘go and eat his mully grubs’, and to ‘go back to the bush where you came from’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mully-grub
释义	mully-grubn. Brit. /ˈmʌlɪɡrʌb/, U.S. /ˈməliˌɡrəb/, Australian English /ˈmʌliɡrʌb/ Forms: 1700s–1800s mulligrub (English regional (south-western)), 1900s– mully-grub. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mully adj., grub n. Etymology: Probably < mully adj. + grub n. Compare earlier (in a different sense) mulligrub n. Now Australian. †1. English regional (south-western). mully-grub-gurgeon n. a grub that feeds on coarse meal (see gurgeons n.). Also used as a term of abuse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt thingOE cat?c1225 geggea1300 fox-whelpc1320 creaturea1325 whelp1338 scoutc1380 turnbroach14.. foumart1508 shit1508 get?a1513 strummel?a1513 scofting?1518 pismirea1535 clinchpoop1555 rag1566 huddle and twang1578 whipster1590 slop1599 shullocka1603 tailor1607 turnspit1607 fitchewa1616 bulchin1617 trundle-taila1626 tick1631 louse1633 fart1669 insect1684 mully-grub-gurgeon1746 grub-worm1752 rass1790 foutre1794 blister1806 snot1809 skin1825 scurf1851 scut1873 Siwash1882 stiff1882 bleeder1887 blighter1896 sugar1916 vuilgoed1924 klunk1942 fart sack1943 fart-arse1946 jerkwad1980 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 11 Oh! a plague rat tha! Ya mulligrub Gurgin! 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Mulligrub-Gurgin, a meal-grub that feeds only upon gurgins or gurgions, the coarsest kind of meal. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Mulligrub-gurgin, a meal-grub which feeds exclusively on gurgin or gurgions, a very coarse meal which is given to hounds. 2. Australian. A grub, esp. a witchetty grub. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Hepialidae > member of (swift) swift1819 Hepialid1888 mully-grub1924 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Cossidae > cossus ligniperda (goat moth) goat moth1742 mully-grub1924 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that eats witchetty bush witchetty1891 mully-grub1924 1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 61 If fruit trees are not sprayed at the correct time..leaves will curl up (caused by a mullygrub shaped like a corkscrew). 1959 J. Wright Generations of Men 28 A gin had gone over to look for mully-grubs in the bush. 1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 8/8 The woman..had told him frequently to ‘go and eat his mully grubs’, and to ‘go back to the bush where you came from’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1746
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