grubbin

Choppin 'trees an' grubbin 'roots an' splittin 'rails an' huntin 'an' trappin 'didn't leave Tom no time.

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899

I've sat here long enough listening to you liberal snot nosed elitist brats knock good old cornholein 'tea baggin' money grubbin 'amurikan politics by golly!

Are Republicans The Victims Of Their Own Success In Slime-Trafficking? 2009

I've had it with both of these "money-grubbin", "lie in your face", political parties ....

No More Bailouts, Rate Cuts or Tax Rebates 2008

I think she be grubbin 'about in the ruins, yonder.

Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

"Some of the Double Z boys was tellin 'me of a locoed tenderfoot who was grubbin' for diamonds, or suthin 'like that, an' I reckon this is him."

The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker

"How many fellers d'ye reckon started grubbin 'up here, after we quit?" demanded Bandy-legs, who was working the paddle fairly well, though at times he made a bad stroke, and seemed to learn slowly that it could all be done without the splash and noise he insisted on making.

The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island Lawrence J. Leslie

Our nails was made in de blacksmith shop by han 'an' de picks an 'grubbin' hoes, too.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

"Ain't Hite ther lubber wots allers grubbin 'fer money?"

Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys

"Oh! de work here is awful, grubbin 'up old stones and stumps;' tain't fit for women."

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

It really seems too bad for you to be grubbin 'along on a rented farm when you have four hundred and eighty acres of your own – good land, too.'

The Second Chance 1910