Grub
Grub verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season
Nearby Word: grubby
Loaf
Loaf verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Usage example: the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf
Both words in one sentence
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Implied to be widespread in troll society, based on the existence of grub sauce and grub loaf.
Source: Eats Babies - Newborn trolls are basically grubs (although they're usually referred to as wigglers), and grub sauce and grub loaf are food products which are made from some form of grub.
Source: Eats Babies
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