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Grunter   Listen
noun
Grunter  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. "Bristled grunters."
2.
(Zool.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.
3.
(Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.






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"Grunter" Quotes from Famous Books



... enjoys death, and the wren her little fellows' supper, with a better zest than an old grunter does her corn, and Wm. Gildersten in spending money and laboring to prevent any more scenes of brutal violence in his State, by punishing the one past, gratifies his own loves and longings quite as much as Judge Grier in grunting out his wrath ...
— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various

... angel is in requisition, and has to be off on one of his endless errands to the register office.) "Come directly, mas'r," says Sady, and resumes his conversation with his woolly brethren. He grins. He takes the pistols out of the holster. He snaps the locks. He points them at a grunter, which plunges through the farmyard. He points down the road, over which he has just galloped, and towards which the woolly heads again turn. He says again, "Comin', mas'r. Everybody a-comin'." And now, the gallop of other horses is heard. And who is yonder? ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Grunter" :   somebody, grunt, Sus, porc, individual, lard, Sus scrofa, mortal, genus Sus, swine, person, pig, squealer, hog, someone, soul, trotter



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