grubby
gruh bee
- n small sculpin of the coast of New England
- a infested with grubs
- s thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
grubby little fingers
- In those grubby, old surroundings, it was like she was from a dream or an entirely different planet.
- His farming success is due not to the efficiency of hired supervisors, but to the long hours of gritty, grubby work he himself does afield.
- He was born and died in Italy, yet the influence on America of a grubby street urchin named Salvatore Lucania ranged from the lights of Broadway to every level of law enforcement .