growler
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊlə/
growler (plural growlers)
- A person, creature or thing that growls.
- (historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 254:
- Lew pulled his socks from a jacket pocket, grabbed his own shoes, and together they proceeded to the street and into a growler, and were off.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 254:
- A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 152:
- A great ‘growler’ iceberg was sighted this afternoon at a distance of approximately half a mile; the size of a large London house, more or less.
- 2007, Matthew Taylor, The Guardian, 24 November 2007 :
- As the cruise ship Explorer was picking its way through the Antarctic sea ice, it hit what experts believe was a "growler" - a huge iceberg shorn from the Antarctic ice shelf.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 152:
- (informal, North American, Australia) A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
- 1940, Eugene O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh, Act 1
- […] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […]
- 2002, Louis M. Soletsky, 100 Years of Medicine, iUniverse, ISBN 9780595229253, page 104 ↗:
- This container was a round lidded tin with a handle and was colloquially called a growler. […] to get daddy or mommy a growler of beer, which was, by the way, approximately a quart.
- 1940, Eugene O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh, Act 1
- (dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
- 2008, Christina McDermott, The Guardian, 22 August 2008 :
- Now, on first impression, a pork pie - or a ‘growler’ if you're from Yorkshire - looks like a delicious snack.
- 2008, Christina McDermott, The Guardian, 22 August 2008 :
- (British, slang) The vulva.
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel, Troubadour Publishing 2007, pp. 125-6:
- On our first meeting he'd asked me if I dyed my hair. I told him I did and his follow up
[ sic] question had been the much under rated[ sic] , "What colour's your growler then?"
- On our first meeting he'd asked me if I dyed my hair. I told him I did and his follow up
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel, Troubadour Publishing 2007, pp. 125-6:
- (US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
- A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
- 1962, United States. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Trade and Industry Publication (issue 3, page 32)
- Includes voltmeters, ammeters, circuit testers, armature tester (external growler), field tester, (internal growler), coil and condenser tester, etc.
- 2013, Donny Petersen, Donny's Unauthorized Technical Guide to Harley-Davidson, 1936 to Present
- A Growler is one of the most versatile tools for electric motor service, whether a starter motor or a generator. The growler gets its name because of a growling noise it emits upon finding an electrical short.
- 1962, United States. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Trade and Industry Publication (issue 3, page 32)
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