grutch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grutch
1175–1225; Middle English. See grudge
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Ain't he all I've got in the wide world and you grutch me that?
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
"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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