grub (n.)
- amass
- beat
- bore
- burrow
- caterpillar
- chow
- chrysalis
- chuck
- cocoon
- collect
- comb
- cull
- dig
- dike
- dredge
- drill
- drive
- drudge
- eats
- fag
- feed
- forage
- furrow
- gather
- gouge
- grind
- groove
- grubber
- hack
- hammer
- hireling
- larva
- lower
- maggot
- mercenary
- mine
- moil
- muck
- nurture
- nymph
- peg
- pick
- plod
- plodder
- pluck
- plug
- poke
- provender
- provisions
- pupa
- quarry
- rake
- root
- rummage
- sap
- scoop
- scrabble
- scrape
- scratch
- search
- shovel
- sink
- slave
- slavey
- slogger
- spade
- swot
- toil
- travail
- trench
- trough
- tunnel
- viands
- victuals
- wiggler
- workhorse
- wriggler
grub (v.)
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- beat
- bore
- burrow
- chuck
- cocoon
- collect
- comb
- cull
- delve
- dig
- dike
- dredge
- drill
- drive
- drudge
- excavate
- fag
- feed
- forage
- furrow
- gather
- glean
- gouge
- grind
- groove
- hack
- hammer
- lower
- mine
- moil
- muck
- nurture
- peg
- pick
- plod
- pluck
- plug
- poke
- quarry
- rake
- ransack
- root
- rummage
- sap
- scoop
- scrabble
- scrape
- scratch
- search
- shovel
- sink
- slave
- slog
- spade
- swot
- toil
- travail
- trench
- tunnel
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.