grampus

Example Sentences

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He continues: “Water dog, grampus, grumpus, mollyhugger, horny head, devil dog.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2018

It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

I wakened about seven bells in the morning watch, just for a moment, you know, and you were snoring like a grampus.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon

Presently the Old Man, puffing like a grampus, hurried up to Mostyn.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The grampus is an inhabitant of northern seas, occurring on the shores of Greenland, and having been caught, although rarely, as far south as the Mediterranean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various