grummet

American  

[gruhm-it] / ˈgrʌm ɪt /

noun

1. grommet.

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grummet British  

/ ˈɡrʌmɪt /

noun

1. another word for grommet

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Example Sentences

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grummet

Archaic spellings such as "grummet," "develope," and "fryingpan" were retained.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Alan Douglas

Accordingly, acting under his directions I placed myself within the bight, and tucking it well up under my arm-pits, slid the grummet up the trunk as high as it would go.

From The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron by J. Schonberg

This example was followed by the rest: Seeing this, Pat secured several about his neck, and then getting into his grummet he descended.

From The Three Admirals by J.R. Wells

Just now a rope grummet, thrown by an elderly youth at a tub, rolled under his legs, and the judge handed it back most politely, and resumed contemplation.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch

To this the admiral replied that it was the some thing whether he sent even a grummet or went himself, and it was therefore in vain to desire him to send any person.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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