Grubber

A grubber was a term sometimes used in Victorian England to describe people who scavenged in drains for a living.

Grubber is also a colloquial name used in New Zealand for a mattock and in Australia as a term for a cricket ball which when bowled (as a result of lack of force) results in the ball either not bouncing enough to be hit by the batter, or failing to bounce at all.

See also

Junk man
Tosher – someone who scavenges in sewers
Mudlark
Waste picker
Magnet fishing

Further reading

Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System By John H. Bodley Published by Altamira Press
London labour and the London poor: Volume 2 , By Henry Mayhew

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