Definition of grubbies

grubbies

noun - uncountable

• old or distressed clothing one wears to work in an environment that may be dirty or wet but that does not merit use of coveralls or protective gear.

  I wore my grubbies when I volunteered at the school carwash.

  • See more words with the same meaning: clothing in general.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Harold Zimmerman from Pleasanton, CA, USA on May 29 2008.

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Other terms relating to 'clothing in general':
bum bag	Definitions include: Australia, New Zealand, and UK equivalent of "fanny pack".
tux	Definitions include: "tuxedo".
PJ	Definitions include: acronym for "party juice" - a mixed drink prepared in large quantities for parties.
floordrobe	Definitions include: a "wardrobe" of one's clothes that's laying on the floor.
getup	Definitions include: what a person is wearing; "outfit".
penguin suit	Definitions include: a tuxedo.
hoody	Definitions include: alternate spelling of hoodie.
duds	Definitions include: clothes.
fit	Definitions include: attractive; "hot".
threads	Definitions include: clothes.
number	Definitions include: a song.
bibs	Definitions include: overalls.
gear	Definitions include: male genitalia, especially the testicles.
mac	Definitions include: term of address for a male stranger.

Slang terms with the same root words

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vic	Definitions include: to victimize.
estergard	Definitions include: scaffolding (or another such structure) erected around the ground-floor exterior of building in a metropolitan area.
love juice	Definitions include: semen.
by (one's) lonesome	Definitions include: by oneself.
sweet as	Definitions include: that's great/super/fine, shortened from "sweet as sugar"
2k0	Definitions include: The year 2000.
FUM	Definitions include: Fuck You Mean used by haters to showed hate for something or someone when they want to have a secretive relationship.
let's do this	Definitions include: to agree.
on the daily	Definitions include: frequently.
-in	Definitions include: abbreviated form of the suffix "-ing".

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