"Grub out" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "how long does it take a man to clear and grub out and subdue enough land in Herkimer County to make a living on? Ten years! Twenty years! Thirty years! Why, in Herkimer County a young man doesn't buy anything when he takes up land: he sells something! He sells himself to slavery for life to ...
— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick |
