a-grubbin

Updated: October 26, 2025

"Sure, sorr, all av 'em are down below a-grubbin' in the cuddy since dinner-toime," interposed my friend the boatswain by way of explanation, on seeing the mate looked surprised at hearing that none of the other officers were about when all should have been so busy.

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea