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grub
1. n. An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
2. n. (slang) Food.
3. n. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
4. n. (Australia, slang) A dirty person.
5. n. (Australia, slang) A despicable person; a lowlife.
6. v. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
7. v. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
8. v. (slang) To supply with food.
9. v. (slang) To eat.

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Grub gets better as you go along, don't it?  A way to burrow like some vile grub into the very brains of the children made weak by their lack of spiritual training.

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