grubbery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

grub +‎ -ery

Noun[edit]

grubbery (plural grubberies)

  1. (slang) A basic restaurant or cookshop.
    • 1818, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; or, Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism, page 292:
      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, had not only produced an improvement of his frame, but had reduced the odds against him, […]
    • 2007, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 33, number 2, page 197:
      Patterned after the grubberies and saloons frequented by hungry prospectors, the restaurant satisfies hearty appetites with savory appetizers […]
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