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Jun 4, 2009
This week's themeWords having many unrelated meanings This week's words purlicue trammel grig growler gaff Make a gift that keeps on giving, all year long A gift subscription of AWAD It takes less than a minute. 
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PRONUNCIATION:
(GROU-luhr)
MEANING:
noun:1. One that growls. 2. A container (as a pail or pitcher) brought by a customer to fetch beer. 3. A small iceberg. 4. A four-wheeled cab. 5. An electromagnetic device for testing short-circuited coils. ETYMOLOGY:
From growl, from Middle English groule, grollen (to rumble), probably of
imitative origin.
USAGE:
"When Euro-metal comes to mind it can often rouse visions of hairy,
horn-helmeted growlers howling about faraway lands and legendary times."Fawnda Mithrush; Primordial: Thoroughly Modern Metal; Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada); May 7, 2009. "The two-story building will feature a to-go bar on the first floor for beer aficionados to buy and fill growlers." Rachael Fisher; Brewing Company on the Move; The Anchorage Daily News (Alaska); May 1, 2009. "We sailed the 30-mile stretch of the Atlantic Sound, otherwise known as Iceberg Alley. The smaller, granite-hard growlers are to be avoided just as deftly as the enormous floating glacial islands." Neill Johnston; Cool Cruise Among Ice and Penguins; Birmingham Post (UK); May 15, 2009. "So this growler will get into Audi R8 territory for about a third of the Audi's $130,000 starting price tag." Jeremy Cato; New Challenger Even Better; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Feb 19, 2008. See more usage examples of growler in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. -St. Augustine (354-430)
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