Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To feel in the dark, or as a blind man; grope.
- To feel of with the hands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To feel or grope in the dark.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
feel orgrope in thedark .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
grub + -le, frequentative, but compare grabble.
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Examples
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I suppose some folks simply must grubble, no matter what ...
"And then they were upon her." Roger Sutton 2006
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We may not grubble like we used to, but we’re richer than- be- fore!
My first appearance on stage, aged 11… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010
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