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Definition of Grutch
1. v. See Grudge.
Definition of Grutch
1. Verb. to murmur, complain ¹
2. Noun. a complaint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grutch
1. to grudge [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: grudge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grutch
Literary usage of Grutch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"Some-Body—My Words and Acts hurt No-Body : No-Body—Som-Body hath belied me much,
No-Body sure hath cause to grutch. [52.] A certain rich Farmer having lain ..."
2. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"Some-Body—My Words and Acts hurt No-Body No-Body—Som-Body hath belied me much,
No-Body sure hath cause to grutch. [52.] A certain rich Farmer having lain ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... In it he melted lead for bullets To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets, To
whom he bore B» fell a grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t' any such. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"That what to all may happen here, If Ч chance to me I must not grutch. Id.
In it he melted leaden bullets To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets ; To whom ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"They sponge upon the blessings of a warm sun and a fruitful soil, and almost
grutch the pains of gathering iu the bounties of the earth. 11. ..."
6. The Chronicle History of King Leir: The Original of Shakespeare's King Lear' by Sidney Lee (1909)
"34 : ' For both did at their second sister grutch' and Mucedorus, 1598,II. i.
28-29: ' Thanks to your majesty, his usage shall be such As he thereat shall ..."