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Small iceberg, one getting bigger outside loch
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growler
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
For the horse-drawn vehicle known as a growler, see Hackney carriage The M1161 Growler is an internally transportable light strike vehicle (ITV-LSV) designed specifically for use with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The M1161 and M1163 are the only ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Growler \Growl"er\, n. One who growls. (Zo["o]l.) The large-mouthed black bass. [Local] A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person, creature or thing that growls. 2 (context historical slang English) A cab with four wheels. 3 A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water. 4 (context informal English) A kind of jug used to carry beer ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pitcher or other vessel for beer, 1885, American English, of uncertain origin; apparently an agent noun from growl (v.). It owes its popularity to laws prohibiting sale of liquor on Sundays and thus the tippler's need to stock up. Also in early use in the ...
Usage examples of growler.
Rosalinda rummaged amid the spilled trade goods for something to eat as she told him how she and her two sisters, the daughters of a Butterfield wrangler and his Indian mujer, had all three married up with the Anglo trader here at Growler Wash, a nice old Mormon gent called Pop Wolfram.
I joined in as the growler halted: 'And the Library of St John the Beheaded.
Every time a big wave smacks her hull in the Roaring Forties I'll be wondering if it's a growler or a bergy bit.
Some of them were other things, shamblers, gigglers, mutterers, throat growlers.