grutch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grutch
1175–1225; Middle English. See grudge
Example Sentences
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"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
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
"Besides," he drawled softly, "I've got a privut grutch agin him of my own, an' I'm goin' to beat yuh to it if I kin."
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
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
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
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