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What (who) is grubber - definition
grubber
ENGLISH TERM
¦ noun
1. a person who is determined to amass something, especially in an unscrupulous way: a money-grubber.
2. an implement for digging up plants.
3. (in ball games) a ball that runs closely along the ground.
Grubber
ENGLISH TERM
·noun One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, ·etc.
Grubber
ENGLISH TERM
Grubber is a term which was sometimes used in Victorian England to describe people who scavenged in drains for a living.
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Grubber
Grubber is a term which was sometimes used in Victorian England to describe people who scavenged in drains for a living.
Examples of use of grubber
1. Cricket glossary Dolly – An easy catch Grubber – A ball that hardly bounces.
2. Four minutes later, the All Blacks scored another easy try when Wales scrumhalf Dwayne Peel dropped the ball on his own line trying to field a McAlister grubber kick and Williams pounced on the rebound.
3. Bradford eventually weathered the storm and extended their lead on 27 minutes when Wigan winger Mark Calderwood failed to clear the danger caused by Gene‘s grubber kick and centre Shontayne Hape pounced.
4. Byron Kelleher sent a dainty cross–field grubber kick into the end zone and the ball took a wicked bobble as Dwayne Peel stooped to collect it, allowing Ali Williams to pounce on first and plunder a second try for the All Blacks.
5. Alastair Cook was all at sea before an act of mercy saw him leg–before to the doosra, Strauss was caught at slip after his best batting of the series brought him a half century, Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff were taken off glove and bat pad by an alert Tillakaratne Dilshan at short leg, and Paul Collingwood was similarly caught after deflecting a grubber on to his boot, the third umpire making the decision.