croupy

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Writers for The New Yorker in the 1930s and ’40s described him as a “Superman of Law” who spoke in a “gruff, croupy, dictatorial tone.”

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2012

Shirtless, tattooed, dirty looking, he stood straight up, sneakers together, his guitar neck at 2 o’clock, pumping his chords at a strange angle across the strings, wincing or looking terrified between croupy roars.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2010

Operagoers that bleak February night cheered themselves croupy while tears ran down many a wrinkled old cheek.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead he makes all but the cleverest of his tall opponents look like croupy giraffes.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling