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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"That's right," said the cow boss; "I'd hate to have him get a grutch agin me."
From The Eagle's Heart by Hamlin Garland
"Bill has an awful grutch agin preachers," said Mrs. Buttles, as she wiped her hands on her apron.
From Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
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 Edward Arber
Ain't he all I've got in the wide world and you grutch me that?
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
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