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Definition of Gruntled
1. gruntle [v] - See also: gruntle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruntled
Literary usage of Gruntled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of California: The American Period by Robert Glass Cleland (1922)
"... road1 built gruntled ranchers as a rival to outhern Pacific, the Sante Fe a
share of the San Joaquin ..."
2. Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures by Albert Bigelow Paine (1904)
"... as dis - gruntled organs, inspired by unworthy motives, and seeking to create
a sensation. Yet the Ring became a little uneasy, for it promptly offered ..."
3. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"gruntled rival in the business, Charles Hitchin, whose "True Discovery of the
Conduct of Receivers and Thief-Takers" appeared in 1718. ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"Our Liturgy translated into Spanish while the match was pending. He advised that
the jointure should be in land. 131. The Spaniards were be-gruntled with ..."
5. Thirty Years of New York Politics Up-to-date by Matthew Patrick Breen (1899)
"... gruntled lot of patriots who desired to be leaders, and, as they were not
wanted either in Tammany Hall or in th< County Democracy, held a sort of ..."
6. American Chambers of Commerce by Kenneth Montague Sturges (1915)
"gruntled and renewed it in annual reports until 1862, when as a compromise they
were given two additional members, bringing the number up to seven. ..."
7. Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of by Samuel Pegge, Francis Grose (1814)
"... of Manchester being made a prisoner in the house of his daughter the Countess
of Rutland, the writer says, the lady was much " dis- " gruntled" at it. ..."
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