grampus

Example Sentences

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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

Thresh′el, a flail; Thresh′er, the fox-shark; Thresh′er-whale, the grampus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

It was my first visit to Sydney since her marriage, and I enjoyed myself much, and threw off my cough, and could get up stairs without blowing like a grampus.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund

“And how do you know a grampus does?” asked McBain, smiling.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon