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Definition of Growlers
1. growler [n] - See also: growler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Growlers
Literary usage of Growlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thunderbolts: Comprising Most Earnest Reasonings, Delightful Narratives by Sam Porter Jones (1895)
"Some growl profanely, others growl piously; some are hopeful growlers, and others
despondent growlers; some growl because their neighbors won't growl, ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"These fishes live at very great depths, and utter a sound like the growlers, when
they are taken out of the water. But two species are known, inhabiting the ..."
3. An American Merchant in Europe, Asia and Australia: A Series of Letters from by George Francis Train (1857)
"... Energy—The Diplomats of Russia—English growlers Abroad—Russian Feeling Towards
France—Policy of Austria and England—What the French Say to Americans of ..."
4. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera: In the Form of Fifty by Cincinnatus (1857)
"... the Valley—Various Growths-Game—Extent of the Valley—The Seasons—Climate—Scenery—Indian
Treatment—Indian Products —Chronic growlers—Frequent Rains—Stock ..."
5. Highways and Horses by Athol Maudslay (1888)
"... cabmen-— growlers — Stage-carriages—First omnibuses —-Acts relating to the
same—-Omnibus companies—Tramways and tram-cars—Steam and electric tramways. ..."
6. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1862)
"... and with the exception of two or three constitutional growlers, will be as
contented, and civil, as sea sick, diseased livered Indian passengers can be. ..."
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