10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUMPISH»
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1
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c
Remember that, Mr. Grumpish; and the company will be the judges in what
manner you perform your part of the engagement. And as for your endowment of
worldly goods, they will form a pretiy correct idea when I tell them, that my fortune
of ...
2
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
grumpish,. grumpy . Surly; peevish: coll; in C.20, S.E.: resp. 1797, 1778 (O.E.D.).
Sala, 'Calling you a “cross, grumpy, old thing”, when you mildly suggest...' grundy
. A short fat person, rarely of a woman: rare coll: C.16. Foxe in Acts and ...
3
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Whowere sometimes nicknamed the grumbleton ians, and sometimes honoured
withthe appellation of the County party. Grummet, subs, (venery).—The
femalepudendtim. For synonyms, seeMonosyllable. Grumpy (or Grumpish), adj.
4
The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors
My stars! she moves like our goose after the goslings; well, I declare she looks
monstrous credibility; I shall go and take no. tice on her, and ask her into the
ousekeeper's room, now our stuart is so grumpish ;” and away ran Betty, while
Mrs.
Mrs. Bennett (Agnes Maria), 1813
5
Falkner Lyle, Or the Story of Two Wives
... sting boldly at times, and backbite at others, Miss Eke. So come, my dear ladies
, let us cut for partners.” - Miss Betty was rather grumpish at first, but having cut
Tom for her partner, and holding remarkably good run sronr or TWO WIVEs. 301.
6
The New Sporting Magazine
Some masters of 'ounds are grumpish at this sort of work, but the majority of them
will regard you as a werry keen hand; and if you do chance to kill an 'ound now
and then, it must be a werry mean establishment that wont afford ' one a day,' as ...
7
Conversations with Joseph Heller
That's encouraging news. A mutual friend, Schisgal is known to be extremely
grumpish, often hypercritical. I hustle to Schisgal' s house for confirmation; is it
true he's halfway through the book? Holding the yellow- covered bound galleys, ...
JL^ W Actual color photograph -Frank Brown, tobacco warehouseman, shows a.
MY neighbor, Mrs. S., was feeling grumpish. "Wish I hadn't invited company in for
Saturday night," she said. "It's a chore to cook up a lot of things for refreshments.
9
Court Magazine and la Belle Assemblée
Nay, dear Nick! don't look grumpish!" her Majesty cried, As, fluttering, she sank on
the throne by his side, While the belles of the court all kept hovering round With
one wing in the air and one foot on the ground; And attracted, of course, all the ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
... grumpish, grumpy. Surly; peevish: coll.; in C20, S.E.: resp. 1797, 1778 (OED).
Sala, 'Calling you a “cross, grumpy, old thing”, when you mildly suggest... grundy.
A short fat person, rarely of a woman: rare coll.: C.16. (Foxe in Acts and ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRUMPISH»
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The British have not been well dressed since 1939 – Hugh Grant
... which is a wandering contradiction between funny witticisms honest to a fault and a grumpish disconnectedness when bombarded with too ... «Spotlight News Magazine, Jan 10»
