great gross
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of great gross
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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Beneath the baking streets, on a broiling subway platform, the Gentleman Scholar and his date run into a colleague and her heavyset husband, whose pores leak great gross torrents of sweat.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2014
The great gross man looked upon his athletic young opponent, and folded his arms with a guttural chuckle.
From Mr. Justice Raffles by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Give her a ton of hay and one sack of peanuts a day, and she's just as placid as a great gross of guinea pigs.
From From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The whole school was grinning uncomfortably, and the Faculty was acting as if it was sitting, individually and collectively, on seventeen great gross of red-hot pins.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
I’m going to get some five and ten cent store silver and a great gross of paper napkins.
From The Comings of Cousin Ann by Emma Speed Sampson
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