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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Grub (a "food" thread) #86854 11/13/2002 5:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear MG: It may be older, but during the '49 Gold Rush, a "grub stake" was money loaned to a prospector, for a share in what might be discovered. The biggest part of the loan was to cover food. Hence food = grub. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grub (a "food" thread) modestgoddess 11/13/2002 5:21 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) wwh 11/13/2002 5:43 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) modestgoddess 11/16/2002 6:45 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) tsuwm 11/16/2002 7:24 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) modestgoddess 11/18/2002 3:19 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) Alex Williams 11/18/2002 3:22 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) RhubarbCommando 11/18/2002 7:10 PM "fillet" of the cooked grub TEd Remington 11/28/2002 5:45 PM Re: "fillet" of the cooked grub modestgoddess 11/28/2002 6:18 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) Jackie 11/19/2002 1:24 AM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) Buffalo Shrdlu 11/19/2002 1:26 AM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver tsuwm 11/19/2002 2:12 AM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver Jackie 11/19/2002 2:20 AM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver tsuwm 11/19/2002 3:27 AM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver Jackie 11/19/2002 2:14 PM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver tsuwm 11/19/2002 2:24 PM Re: merrily grubbing for chopped liver Jackie 11/19/2002 4:13 PM Re: Grub (a "food" thread) dxb 11/19/2002 7:35 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,376 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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