GRUB STREET


Meaning of GRUB STREET in English

noun

used to refer to poor writers and journalists as a group, or the life they live

ORIGIN: From the name of a street in London where many poor writers lived in the 17th century.

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WORD ORIGIN

the name of a street (later Milton Street) in Moorgate, London (England) inhabited by such authors in the 17th cent.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.