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growler

grow·ler

UK/ˈɡɹaʊlə/ US/ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/ uncommon informal slang uk us

noun

1.

a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl

2.

Origin

From growl + -er. Sense "jug" is 19th century American slang, of uncertain origin.

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