Grub ax or axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. --
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below). -- Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for
grubbing. -- Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc. -- Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble. --
Grub Street, a street in London (now called Milton Street), described
by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of small histories,
dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called
grubstreet." As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.