subs. (old).—A miser; a niggard; a MEAN CUSS (q.v.).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. A HOG-GRUBBER,… a narrow-soul’d sneaking Fellow.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. HOG GRUBBER. A mean stingy fellow.
