NoCokePepsi on 22/11/2001 at 04:49
Hmmm.
Grubber sometimes means menial worker, sometimes slang for food, according to my Webster's New World. But another sense of 'greedy' is also implied in the phrase 'money-grubbing.' OTOH,
grabber, grafter, grifter -- all have the same sense of con man or thief and sound something like
grubber. But if it meant thief, the guards would not dismiss it as a threat.
I think it was just a whimsical nonsense usage by the LGS folks. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
Yametha on 22/11/2001 at 05:56
Now, I think we're confusing terms. Is a 'bum' a shabby or dirty person?
The Huntsman on 22/11/2001 at 16:57
A bum, in the USA at least, usually refers to a homeless beggar.
As far as "Just the wind, I guess", the wind might be blowing in through a window or something....
Yametha on 22/11/2001 at 21:10
Right! We call them derros over here.
I've had a theory, since most of the city watch were recruited from grubby street people, so a grubber would be a newbie.
Lucky Hand of Glory on 23/11/2001 at 00:17
Canada Here:
A grubber would be like someone who "grubs" around for food and money and stuff on the ground or from passers-by...I guess, kind of like a homeless person.
What a homeless person is doing in some rich guys manor,I have no idea. <img src="graemlins/erg.gif" border="0" alt="[erg]" />
The Huntsman on 23/11/2001 at 00:36
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Originally posted by Lucky Hand of Glory:<br /><strong>What a homeless person is doing in some rich guys manor,I have no idea. <img src="graemlins/erg.gif" border="0" alt="[erg]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
My point exactly... You'd think the guards would get a little worked up about something like that.
ZylonBane on 20/10/2013 at 20:43
EPIC WISE FROM YOU GWAVE
While searching for something completely unrelated, I believe I've come across what LGS meant by "grubber". It's shorthand for "bone-grubber", aka a (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag-and-bone_man) rag-and-bone man, a person who would sort through the garbage of other households looking for anything they could collect and sell. Thus, it makes perfect sense that the guards of a manor would have frequent encounters with "grubbers" raiding the trash.
Inline Image:
http://www.victorianlondon.org/mayhew/mayhew-31.gifAnd yes, I did a search of the forums to see if anyone else in the last ten years has come up with this. Seems not.
SubJeff on 20/10/2013 at 21:17
Every brit on here has always known this.
The rag and bone man comes down my street about once a month.
ZylonBane on 20/10/2013 at 21:25
Quote Posted by NuEffect
Every brit on here has always known this.
And yet, a search of all of TTLG going back to the beginning of time for posts containing "bone" and "grubber" returns zero results. Contrariwise, there are many, many posts where you're full of crap. So here we are.
SubJeff on 20/10/2013 at 21:43
You're right.
That one of my friends has used grubber as an insult for years, with everyone around knowing what it is, means nothing. Nor does the fact that we still have rag and bone men here, or that grubber is used in the North of England still.
No, it's not on TTLG search results and you don't like me so I can't have known.
Carry on.
