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What is a grubber?

What is a grubber? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One who grubs.
  2. A machine or tool of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc.
  3. (rugby) (also grubber kick), an attacking short distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.
  4. (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly
  5. (Britain, slang, dated) A sweetshop.
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It has a peculiar spiral, sediment-filled gut and it appears to have been a mud grubber.
The home side's three tries came first from Tuilevu's mistake as he misfielded Boeta Wessels' grubber and watched as Wylie Human kicked through and pounced on the loose ball.
A bowler, bowling a grubber to prevent a winning run being scored, defies the conventions of cricket, but not its rules.
Hooker Matt Diskin carried the ball to the line before stabbing a grubber through for McGuire to pounce and score.
The grubber was used to break up the land to get it ready for sowing and planting.
I hear my arch-enemy, the coffee grubber, making his way down the hall now.

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