grot
Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grot
1500–10; < French grotte < Italian grotta; grotto
Example Sentences
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August’s little elfin grot was a space about the size of a one-car garage.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2019
Grace Dent recently noted in The Guardian how the winking sauciness of Blind Date has morphed into the straight-talking grot of Take Me Out, and a similar thing has occurred in divadom.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2011
Ah! who will weep, In after seasons, when thou too art gone, Within this grot, where shadowy memories keep Their watch above the realm they keep alone?
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
So weekli, so bleekli, un de Ogen so grot, So blau as en Heben un deep as en Sot.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
She led me to her crystal grot, She set me in her coral chair, She waved her hand, and I had not Or azure eyes or golden hair.
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
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