| 单词 |
grumphie |
| 释义 |
grumphie Chiefly Sc.|ˈgrʌmfɪ| Also 9 grumphy. [f. grumph v. + -ie.] A quasi-proper name for the pig.
1785Burns Halloween xxi, She trotted thro' them a'; An' wha was it but Grumphie. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 212 Wi' his mouth fu' o' strae, He to his den will gae; Grumphie is a prophet, wat weather we will hae. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1836) II. vi. 206 A black hand..protruded every now and then, to give grumphy..a good crack over the skull. 1842J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 230 If he find grumphy so lazy, that nothing but a stroke will raise him. |

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