The child's grubby hands left smudges all over the clean tablecloth.

The fisherman held up a grubby he had caught in the stream.

She couldn't ignore the grubbiness of the café table, so she wiped it down before sitting.

After weeks without cleaning, the apartment's grubbinesses — sticky counters, crumb-filled carpets, and grimy windows — frustrated every visitor.

After a week of camping, he finally emptied his bag and washed the grubbies that smelled like wet earth.

The children laughed and called the stray puppies grubbies, unaware that they were cold and hungry.