grewsome
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Prime knew his companion well enough by this time to be willing to trust her with the grewsome truth.
From Stranded in Arcady by Francis Lynde
I took the feet of the grewsome burden, the Skipper carrying the head.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
It was memories mingling with the grewsome reality.
From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
The Bo's'n raised his head and opened his eyes, as if he feared to see again the grewsome sight.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
The grewsome growth of barberry bushes near Mowry’s Tavern was the scene of the first serious crime of the settlement of Providence Plantations.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
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