grubstreet

[ gruhb-street ]

adjective
  1. produced by a hack; poor in quality: a grubstreet book.

Origin of grubstreet

1
First recorded in 1640–50

Other definitions for Grub Street (2 of 2)

Grub Street

noun
  1. a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.

  2. petty and needy authors, or literary hacks, collectively.

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How to use grubstreet in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for Grub Street

Grub Street

noun
  1. a former street in London frequented by literary hacks and needy authors

  2. the world or class of literary hacks, etc

adjectiveAlso: 'Grubˌstreet
  1. (sometimes not capital) relating to or characteristic of hack literature

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