ˈgrəb- noun
Usage: usually capitalized G&S
Etymology: after Grub Street (now Milton Street), London, formerly inhabited by literary hacks
: the world or category of usually mediocre, needy, and disdained writers who write for hire : the world of literary hacks
Grub Street compilers — H.R.Warfel
the translator … knows he'll always live on Grub Street — Richard Winston