grubstreet
produced by a hack; poor in quality: a grubstreet book.
Origin of grubstreet
1Other definitions for Grub Street (2 of 2)
a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
petty and needy authors, or literary hacks, collectively.
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How to use grubstreet in a sentence
Real-estate expert Julian Hitchcock told Grub Street he expects to see more chain restaurants pop up in New York.
Nor was it only in Grub Street tracts that such reflections were to be found.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThat sort of labour was probably as poorly paid in Berlin at the time as in the Grub Street of last century.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon Maimon"Grub Street style," therefore, means poor or worthless in literary value.
Franklin's Autobiography | Benjamin FranklinThey were wretched stuff, in the Grub Street ballad style; and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them.
Franklin's Autobiography | Benjamin Franklin
Ministers of state, marshals, and princes of the blood, were as busy as any Grub-street garretteer.
British Dictionary definitions for Grub Street
a former street in London frequented by literary hacks and needy authors
the world or class of literary hacks, etc
(sometimes not capital) relating to or characteristic of hack literature
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