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Definition of Gruntings
1. grunting [n] - See also: grunting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruntings
Literary usage of Gruntings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"Great were his gruntings, kickings, and scatterings of earth before he could be
safely bestowed in the fine large cage provided for him; but, once there, ..."
2. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1894)
"Up, and all day in some little gruntings of pain, as I used to have from winde,
arising I think from my fasting so long, and want of exercise, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"Under his own and two "strong and bold" assistants' exertions, and with screechings
and gruntings to which the previous noises were as nothing, ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"... always immediately followed by a rapid and vehement imitation of the gruntings
of a herd of bush-hogs when disturbed by some unexpected sight or sound. ..."
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