grutch

American  

[gruhch] / grʌtʃ /

noun

British Dialect.

1. grudge.

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Etymology

Origin of grutch

1175–1225; Middle English. See grudge

Example Sentences

For at my first sending to come ye neuer grutch.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

"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

"Bill has an awful grutch agin preachers," said Mrs. Buttles, as she wiped her hands on her apron.

From Other Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

But what we're born for, we must bear:   Our frail condition it is such That what to all may happen here,   If 't chance to me, I must not grutch.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Or do you love yourself so much, To bear all rivals else a grutch?

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel