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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small sculpin of the coast of New England;
[syn: grubby, Myxocephalus aenaeus]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. infested with grubs;

2. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;
- Example: "a miner's begrimed face"
- Example: "dingy linen"
- Example: "grimy hands"
- Example: "grubby little fingers"
- Example: "a grungy kitchen"
[syn: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grubby \Grub"by\, a. [From Grub.]
   Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]
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         The grubby game of marbles.              --Lond. Sat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grubby \Grub"by\, n. (Zool.)
   Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

grubby
    adj 1: infested with grubs
    2: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
       begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little
       fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed, dingy,
       grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]
    n 1: small sculpin of the coast of New England [syn: grubby,
         Myxocephalus aenaeus]