Grubstreet, n.
Originally, the name of a street near Moorfields, in London, much inhabited by mean writers; hence applied to mean writings; as a Grubstreet poem.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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Originally, the name of a street near Moorfields, in London, much inhabited by mean writers; hence applied to mean writings; as a Grubstreet poem.