grutch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grutch
1175–1225; Middle English. See grudge
Example Sentences
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Weel, that's jist the ae thing I grutch ye—na, no grutch—I'm glaid ye hae't—but the ae thing I wud fain be a scholar for mysel'!
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
But I am a man who may grutch and grumble, but when I have set my face to do a thing I will not turn my back upon it until it be done.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Ain't he all I've got in the wide world and you grutch me that?
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
Go to then, seeing that my mother's will is such, To put it in adventure I may not grutch.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
"That's right," said the cow boss; "I'd hate to have him get a grutch agin me."
From The Eagle's Heart by Garland, Hamlin
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