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

Just what they wanted help for now that the grampus was gone, was a question quite beside the situation.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

The governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The sea was full of white whales, narwhals, and grampus.

From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by Scott, G. Firth