http://www.word-detective.com/2012/10/mulligrubs/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 12 May 2021 01:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2012/10/mulligrubs/comment-page-1/#comment-907986 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:00:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=7072#comment-907986 I first heard the word when listening to an audiobook version of “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck. He was feeling down at the time. As I recall he used it on his trip back home, before he traveled through the South.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2012/10/mulligrubs/comment-page-1/#comment-856504 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:10:58 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=7072#comment-856504 I too just heard a preacher use this word and had to look it up. Thank you for such a thorough explanation!

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2012/10/mulligrubs/comment-page-1/#comment-186440 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:44:32 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=7072#comment-186440 Good detecting! Thanks for an enjoyable read through this splendiferous report. In written form, I’ve only seen “mollygrubs”, but just last Sunday my pastor used the term “mullygrubs” in his sermon, which is my motive in my searching yer way. Again: Thanks!

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2012/10/mulligrubs/comment-page-1/#comment-80665 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:15:09 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=7072#comment-80665 Mullygrub singular was always the name given to a friendly tickle of a child by a parent. I have known it by this definition since the 1950s.

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