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

Then leaving Kurz, he went up to Br�sig, who was running up and down the room puffing like a grampus, and said: "He didn't mean what he said, Br�sig."

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

Thresh′el, a flail; Thresh′er, the fox-shark; Thresh′er-whale, the grampus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Cruiskeen's breathing suggested a cross between a grampus and a gramophone; Philippa's hair had come down, and she had a stitch in her side.

From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin