Verb (used with object) : I grubstaked him to two mules and supplies enough for five months. From Dictionary.com.
Kellogg had termed his grubstake, before he knew it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
The loan, known as a grubstake, entitled Bernard to a hefty share of the gold. From Wordnik.com. [Gazette.com :] Reference
Let it "grubstake" its intellectual prospectors and send them forth where. From Wordnik.com. [The Frontier in American History] Reference
"grubstake," an old mining term for money to sustain the search. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
That a gambler from Leadville would grubstake Ol 'Jim. From Wordnik.com. [The Ol' Ginny Mine] Reference
She'd have been on her way to brighter lights as soon as she had a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [Static] Reference
Tivoli, of a winter's flutter at Circle City, and a grubstake for the year to come. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 1] Reference
He wrote the letters -- to himself -- and spread the news just to raise a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
It's fair to observe what people who are broke did with the last grubstake they had. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Personality: What Happens When You Give a Homeless Man $100k?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
It's been out on one grubstake job to a couple of thorium prospectors and I had to reclaim it. From Wordnik.com. [The Rolling Stones]
Ida Mary and I woke up one day a few weeks after our arrival to find our grubstake almost gone. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
He's got a lifestyle routine: whenever his cash runs low he heads north to accumulate a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [Mazatlan: Tequila, tans and working stiffs] Reference
It would ensure qualifying candidates a sufficient grubstake to wage an effective opening campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Wonkbook: The Pete Rouse reader] Reference
He of the otter skins seeks out the Kid for a grubstake and the Kid weights out 60 ounces of dust for him. From Wordnik.com. [“There be things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice.”] Reference
Told him to consider it in the light of a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of the Wolf] Reference
"I wish you would grubstake me," he timidly suggested. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Middle Border] Reference
Freddy obtained a grubstake and headed for the canyon. From Wordnik.com. [Our Strange World] Reference
I was afraid he'd get a grubstake an 'start back alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunted Woman] Reference
He asked me for a grubstake, and the same I gave to him. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of a Cheechako] Reference
Handy, those camps, for prospectors needin 'a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [The She Boss A Western Story] Reference
"I want to give you a grubstake," answered the motor wizard. From Wordnik.com. [Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California] Reference
"I'll tell them to grubstake you here," Casey reassured him. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters] Reference
Me, I got fo'-five chances to grubstake in that time, but I'm broke. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Trail] Reference
I need financin '-- a burro and a grubstake and me for the big dry spot. From Wordnik.com. [Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail] Reference
They was always more'n one wantin 'to grubstake him but he'd never take it. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Trail] Reference
Cornishmen, but they went down to Eldorado to work at wages for a grubstake. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Interrogation] Reference
Money's only a grubstake, so's you c'n buy things and go out and hunt for gold. From Wordnik.com. [The She Boss A Western Story] Reference
A man who could not buy his own grubstake to-day might "own the earth" to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [Wolf Breed] Reference
"Whether they get rich or not," Osborne said, "we've got part of their grubstake.". From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
And the caballos need a grubstake for the winter worse than we do, because they can't eat meat. From Wordnik.com. [North of Fifty-Three] Reference
There are no longer merchants in mushroom towns willing and eager to grubstake the new settler. From Wordnik.com. [A Canada Forward Policy] Reference
"It's gold I'm after, but I need a grubstake, too. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
"Well, she'll have to outfit and grubstake herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Forbidden Trail] Reference
Cornishmen, but they went down to Eldorado to work at wages for a grubstake. ". From Wordnik.com. [The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke] Reference
"He'll have to get money for another grubstake before he goes any more prospecting. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor] Reference
You see, I had to be dollied up to look the part so I could catch a come-on and get me grubstake. ". From Wordnik.com. [Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail] Reference
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