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Definition of Groaners
1. groaner [n] - See also: groaner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groaners
Literary usage of Groaners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kaleidoscope Echoes, Being Historical, Philosophical, Scientific and by Philip Tocque (1895)
"One of the groaners complains that she is too gay and frivolous, ... How would
these groaners and grumblers like being picked to pieces the way they dissect ..."
2. The life and adventures of Valentine Vox, the ventriloquist by Henry Cockton (1854)
"They would make more noise ; and they did make more noise : they made ten times
more noise than tho groaners. It was they who would not let the premier ..."
3. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by William Thomson, James Hall (1807)
"She whispered, that she was appointed one of the groaners, ... Indeed, I was led
to conclude that some of the groaners had either been employed, ..."
4. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by James Hall (1807)
"She whispered, that she was appointed one of the groaners, ... Indeed, I was led
to conclude that some of the groaners had either been employed, ..."
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