growler

UK /ˈɡɹaʊlə/ US /ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

A person, creature or thing that growls.

2

A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.

He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man.

The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham.

3

A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.

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.

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.

4

A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.

[…] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […]

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.

5

A pork pie.

Now, on first impression, a pork pie - or a ‘growler’ if you're from Yorkshire - looks like a delicious snack.

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