A growler can refer to someone who growls, a container for beer, a small iceberg, a four-wheeled cab, or a device for testing coils.
A growler can refer to someone who growls, a container for beer, a small iceberg, a four-wheeled cab, or a device for testing coils.
| Front | growler \GROU-luhr\ |
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| Back | noun 1. One that growls. 2. A container (as a pail or pitcher) brought by a customer to fetch beer. 3. A small iceberg. 4. A four-wheeled cab. 5. An electromagnetic device for testing short-circuited coils. [From growl, from Middle English groule, grollen (to rumble), probably of imitative origin. "When Euro-metal comes to mind it can often rouse visions of hairy, horn-helmeted growlers howling about faraway lands and legendary times." Fawnda Mithrush; Primordial: Thoroughly Modern Metal; Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada); May 7, 2009.] "When Euro-metal comes to mind it can often rouse visions of hairy, horn-helmeted growlers howling about faraway lands and legendary times." - Fawnda Mithrush; Primordial: Thoroughly Modern Metal; Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada); May 7, 2009. "The two-story building will feature a to-go bar on the first floor for beer aficionados to buy and fill growlers." - Rachael Fisher; Brewing Company on the Move; The Anchorage Daily News (Alaska); May 1, 2009. "We sailed the 30-mile stretch of the Atlantic Sound, otherwise known as Iceberg Alley. The smaller, granite-hard growlers are to be avoided just as deftly as the enormous floating glacial islands." - Neill Johnston; Cool Cruise Among Ice and Penguins; Birmingham Post (UK); May 15, 2009. "So this growler will get into Audi R8 territory for about a third of the Audi's $130,000 starting price tag." - Jeremy Cato; New Challenger Even Better; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Feb 19, 2008. |
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