grub up

Example Sentences

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“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

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

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

The reference to the mills is as follows: Builders of iron mills, that grub up forests With timber trees for shipping.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

"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

Go and grub up roots with your dirty fingers! don’t dig them with a spade—it’s a machine!

From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville