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grouse
/ɡɹaʊs/
noun 3verb 2adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
black, elaborate, gray, male, many, sage, shy, small
VERB + GROUSE
don't, go, got, skiing
GROUSE + NOUN
day, hazel, mountain, rodents, woman
PREP.
about, on, with
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl.
Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.
2
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
verb
1
To hunt or shoot grouse.
verb
1
To complain or grumble.
If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.
Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."
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Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl.
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Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.
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The shy black grouse, “with an eye on every feather,” can only thrive in vast, absolutely undisturbed heath and moorlands. Therefore, unfortunately, there are not too many black grouse.
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If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.
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Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."
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I had a grouse day.
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