Mullygrub singular was always the name given to a friendly tickle of a child by a parent. I have known it by this definition since the 1950s.
Gene Rice:
September 30th, 2015 at 10:44 am
Good detecting! Thanks for an enjoyable read through this splendiferous report. In written form, I’ve only seen “mollygrubs”, but just last Sunday my pastor used the term “mullygrubs” in his sermon, which is my motive in my searching yer way. Again: Thanks!
Deb:
March 29th, 2020 at 1:10 pm
I too just heard a preacher use this word and had to look it up. Thank you for such a thorough explanation!
I first heard the word when listening to an audiobook version of “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck. He was feeling down at the time. As I recall he used it on his trip back home, before he traveled through the South.
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c millington:
March 3rd, 2015 at 7:15 am
Mullygrub singular was always the name given to a friendly tickle of a child by a parent. I have known it by this definition since the 1950s.
Gene Rice:
September 30th, 2015 at 10:44 am
Good detecting! Thanks for an enjoyable read through this splendiferous report. In written form, I’ve only seen “mollygrubs”, but just last Sunday my pastor used the term “mullygrubs” in his sermon, which is my motive in my searching yer way. Again: Thanks!
Deb:
March 29th, 2020 at 1:10 pm
I too just heard a preacher use this word and had to look it up. Thank you for such a thorough explanation!
Jeff McCormack:
September 9th, 2020 at 10:00 pm
I first heard the word when listening to an audiobook version of “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck. He was feeling down at the time. As I recall he used it on his trip back home, before he traveled through the South.