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Grub Street has since became a pejorative term for "impoverished writers", "writings of low literary value", or "things written by men and women solely for the commission".


==History==
===Toponymy===
According to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] the [[verb]] grub translates as "To dig superficially; to break up the surface of (the ground); to clear (ground) of roots and stumps."  The earliest use of the word is in 1300, "Theif hus brecand, or gruband grund", and in 1572 "Ze suld your ground grube with simplicitie".  Grub Street appears to have taken its name from a refuse ditch that ran alongside (grub), and variations on the name include Grobstrat (1217&ndash;1243), Grobbestrate (1277&ndash;1278), Grubbestrate (1281), Grubbestrete (1298), Grubbelane (1336), Grubstrete, and Crobbestrate.<ref>{{Harvnb|Clarke|2004|p=3}}</ref><ref name="Harbenp241"/><ref name="OED">{{Citation | title = grub | url = http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50099520?query_type=word&queryword=grub+street&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha | publisher = dictionary.oed.com | format = Registration required | accessdate = 2009-07-03}}</ref><ref name="Rogersp24">{{Harvnb|Rogers|1980|p=24}}</ref>

==History==⏎
===Early history===
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