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Growler   Listen
noun
Growler  n.  
1.
One who growls.
2.
(Zool.) The large-mouthed black bass. (Local)
3.
A four-wheeled cab. (Slang, Eng.)





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"Growler" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself The GROWLER, and assur'd us, that to make amends for Mr. Steele's Silence, he was resolv'd to Growl at us Weekly, as long as we should think fit to give him any Encouragement. Another Gentleman, with more Modesty, call'd his Paper The WHISPERER; ...
— The Present State of Wit (1711) - In A Letter To A Friend In The Country • John Gay
... concerning work. Bribery. On the railway. Dishonest ticket clerks. Servants' commission. Door-attendant's tip. Gifts from native merchants. Changes in modern India. The Indian "growler" disappearing. Wearing shoes. Cloth coats of English cut. The daily paper. The ...
— India and the Indians • Edward F. Elwin
... naturally still there, and if the grimy little place looked lighter it was doubtless only because the rain had indeed stopped and the sun was pouring in. Peter went to the window to open it to the altered air, and in doing so beheld at the garden gate the humble "growler" in which a few hours before he had seen Mrs. Ryves take her departure. It was unmistakable—he remembered the knock-kneed white horse; but this made the fact that his friend's luggage no longer surmounted ...
— Sir Dominick Ferrand • Henry James
... they never suspect themselves of it. If they saw it, they would fight it. Face facts. You have some gifts; you will be much humbler if you thank God for them instead of trying to think you haven't got them. And be quite particularly nice to the growler sort of priest; he's had a hard time and, lived a hard life; much harder than the life of a monk. Mind ...
— Great Possessions • Mrs. Wilfrid Ward


Words linked to "Growler" :   iceberg, berg, growl, verbalizer, utterer, verbaliser, talker


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