grubby

grub·by

adjective

-·bier, -·bi·est

infested with grubs, esp. with botfly larvae, as cattle or sheep
dirty; messy; untidy
inferior, contemptible, mean, etc.

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grubby

adjective

grub·bi·er, grub·bi·est

Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes. See Synonyms at dirty.
Infested with grubs.
Contemptible; despicable: has a grubby way of treating others.

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grub′bi·ly
adverb

grub′bi·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest)

Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
Having grubs in it.

Noun

(plural grubbies)

(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

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Candles by Kathy - There is a wide variety here, including primitive grubby candles and "needful things."
It is grubby, gritty, raw, and real, just the way garage rock was intended to be.
Spaceports on podunk planets are suitably grubby.
For use with MAME, there seem to be a small handful of LEGAL ways to get your grubby hands on an attractive ROM.
He reached for her with a grubby hand, looked at it, and dropped it.

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