Grub-street (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[Grub-street 词源字典]
1620s, "originally the name of a street in Moorfields in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called grubstreet" [Johnson]. The place was renamed 1830 to Milton Street (after a local developer) then erased entirely 1970s by the Barbicon complex.[Grub-street etymology, Grub-street origin, 英语词源]