growlery
Collocations
5ADJ.
funny
VERB + GROWLERY
come, heard, know
GROWLERY + NOUN
it's, sniffery, ted
PREP.
in, into
ADV.
again, such
Definitions
noun
Alternative form of Growlery.
I dare say you have never heard of a growlery. It's a funny word, but it is a very useful, helpful sort of a place.
Tussy wrote to Lizzy, knowing that Engels would read her the letters in his growlery – as he described his study-sitting room – presided over by the stuffed Right Honourable in his glass case.
noun
A place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured.
"Sit down, my dear," said Mr. Jarndyce. "This, you must know, is the Growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here."
Hi ! the Howlery ! ho ! the Growlery ! Ha ! the Sniffery, Snarlery, Scowlery ! There we may stay, If we choose, all day; But it 's only a smile that can bring us away.
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6I dare say you have never heard of a growlery. It's a funny word, but it is a very useful, helpful sort of a place.
WiktionaryTussy wrote to Lizzy, knowing that Engels would read her the letters in his growlery – as he described his study-sitting room – presided over by the stuffed Right Honourable in his glass case.
Wiktionary'Bearing up, I suppose, Teddy said, although I didn't actually see her. We're at war then? 'I'm afraid so. Come into the growlery, Ted, and have a drink with me.
Wiktionary"Sit down, my dear," said Mr. Jarndyce. "This, you must know, is the Growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here."
WiktionaryHi ! the Howlery ! ho ! the Growlery ! Ha ! the Sniffery, Snarlery, Scowlery ! There we may stay, If we choose, all day; But it 's only a smile that can bring us away.
WiktionaryAs such, the Growlery again frustrates what Doublass sees as a peculiarly American obsession with pigeonholing things in terms of race.
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