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Definition of Grouching
1. grouch [v] - See also: grouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grouching
Literary usage of Grouching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heaven, Hell, Or Hoboken by Ray Neil Johnson (1919)
"... troop kitchen we found further food for scathing remark and wholesale grouching.
They were handing out Corned Willie and coffee as the column passed. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
""Quit your grouching. Dale Tompkins. If you Ye going to let a little matter like
earning ten dollars stand between you and a corking good time, ..."
3. Chivalry in English Literature: Chaucer, Malory, Spenser and Shakespeare by William Henry Schofield (1912)
"After backbiting cometh grouching, or murmuring." (§30.) Page 41. This event has
been cited (Skeat, III, 305) to throw light on the Legend of Good Women (11 ..."
4. Paris and Environs: With Routes from London to Paris : Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"At the entrance : grouching dog, in black granite; bronze statuette (under glass).
In the centre, on a pedestal surrounded by an octagonal glass-case, ..."