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grub street

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grub Streetnoun

   the world of literary hacks

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grub Streetnoun

   the home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks

2. Etymology: After Grub Street in London, England now named Milton Street, a haunt of and home to impoverished writers.

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1. grub street

   Grub Street is a term that originally referred to a street in London known for its concentration of publishers, writers, and literary hacks. Over time, it became a derogatory term referring to the commercial, low-quality end of the literary profession, associated with poorly paid authors producing lowbrow work to make a living. It is no longer an actual physical location, but is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the world of literary mediocrity and commercialism.

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1. Grub Street

   Until the early 19th century, Grub Street was a street close to London's impoverished Moorfields district that ran from Fore Street east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate north to Chiswell Street. Famous for its concentration of impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, Grub Street existed on the margins of London's journalistic and literary scene. It was pierced along its length with narrow entrances to alleys and courts, many of which retained the names of early signboards. Its bohemian society was set amidst the impoverished neighbourhood's low-rent flophouses, brothels, and coffeehouses. According to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, the term was "originally the name of a street... much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet." Johnson himself had lived and worked on Grub Street early in his career. The contemporary image of Grub Street was popularised by Alexander Pope in his Dunciad. The street name no longer exists, but Grub Street has since become a pejorative term for impoverished hack writers and writings of low literary value.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grub Street

   a street in London near Moorfields, formerly inhabited by a needy class of jobbing literary men, and the birthplace of inferior literary productions.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grub street in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grub street in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#GrubStreet