grampus
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He continues: “Water dog, grampus, grumpus, mollyhugger, horny head, devil dog.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“And how do you know a grampus does?” asked McBain, smiling.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
And you snore, George, you snore man, aye, egad, like a very grampus!
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
The sea was full of white whales, narwhals, and grampus.
From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott
Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Round and round the ring they went, both of them puffing and blowing like grampuses.
From The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
“Don’t you remember, you mistook those grampuses we came across the other day when going to Seaview for whales?”
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John B. Greene
He saw the black fins of the grampuses cutting the water, and thought that they were sharks.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Upton Sinclair
"I say, can't you throw lighter over there? we ain't fishing for grampuses," shouted Tom across the stream.
From Tom Brown's School Day's by Thomas Hughes
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