surly
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Therefore, I stuck to the Valley and met most of my dates at the Local Peasant in Sherman Oaks or the Surly Goat in Encino.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023
The last time the Saints and Vikings hooked up, folks in Minnesota were toasting Stefon Diggs with steins of Surly, and people in Louisiana were crying in their gumbo.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2018
They were called Beith and Gort, when they should really have been named Surly and Surlier.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2017
“I didn’t say anything because people in our swimming federation used to say to me, ‘You don’t want to be Surly Shirley, do you?’” she said, referring to Babashoff.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2016
James compared her Surly Wombat card and the Babbage card for a second more before handing them back to her.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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