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Taylor held the pale, wriggling grub up to Adina’s face.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

“Nobody ain’t got no time tuh hold yo’ grub up in front uh yo’ face,” she told Coodemay.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

"If I grub up wild land, I shall hold it three years for pay."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

His remaining horses he had turned out into the hills, upon whose tops, when the snow flew, they could grub up a living without too much difficulty.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White

"I wa'n't lookin' to grub up just yet," says he.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford


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