growler
Use Growler in a sentence
lər noun
1.
a person or thing that growls.
2.
Informal. a pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer.
3.
British Slang. a four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage.
4.
Electricity. an electromagnetic device consisting of two field poles, used for indicating short-circuited coils in armatures and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects.
5.
an iceberg large enough to be a navigational hazard.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person, animal, or thing that growls |
| 2. | slang, obsolete (Brit) a four-wheeled hansom cab |
| 3. | (Canadian) a small iceberg that has broken off from a larger iceberg or from a glacier, often hazardous to shipping |
| 4. | slang (US) any container, such as a can, for draught beer |
| 5. | derogatory, slang a woman, esp one who is considered physically unattractive |
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growler definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He does not sell beer by the bucket or can or growler or schooner, but by the pint.
At the growler bar, customers can get their bottles filled with six kinds of draft beer.
At the ground-floor entrance there will be a small stand-up bar area with a few stools and a growler station.
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