Grounder, subs. (cricketers').—A ball with a ground delivery; a sneak; a grub; and (in America) at base-ball, a ball struck low, or flying near the ground.
Ground-floor. To be let in
on the Ground-floor, verb.
phr. (American).—To share in
a speculation on equal terms with
the original promoters.
Ground squirrel, subs. (old).—A
hog; a grunter—Lex. Bal.
For synonyms, see Sow's Baby.
Ground-sweat. To have (or
take) a ground-sweat, verb.
phr. (old).—To be buried.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. Ground sweat, s.v., a grave.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Grouse. To do a grouse (or to
go grousing), verb. phr.
(venery).—To quest, or to run
down, a woman; to molrow
(q.v). Groused = Molled
(q.v.).
Grouser, subs. (popular).—1. A
grumbler. For synonyms, see
Rusty-guts.
2. (venery).—One who goes questing after women; a molrower (q.v.).
3. (sporting).—A rowing man; a wet-bob (q.v.).
Grousing, subs. (venery).—Going
in quest of women; sparrow-catching
(q.v.); molrowing
(q.v.).
Groute, verb. (Marlborough and
Cheltenham Colleges).—To work
or study hard; to swot (q.v.).
For synonyms, see Wire In.
Grouty, adj. (common).—Crabbed;
sulky.
Grove of Eglantine, subs. phr.
(venery).—The female pudendum;
also the female pubic hair. For
synonyms, see Monosyllable
and Fleece.
1772. Carew, Poems. 'A Rapture.' Retire into thy Grove of Eglantine.
Grove of the Evangelist, subs.
phr. (common).—St. John's
Wood; also Apostle's Grove,
and the Baptist's Wood.
Grow, verb. (prison).—To be accorded
the privilege of letting
one's hair and beard grow. Also
to grow one's feathers.
Growler, subs. (common).—A
four-wheeled cab. Cf., Sulky.
English Synonyms.—Birdcage; blucher; bounder; fever-trap; flounder-and-dab (rhyming); four-wheeler; groping hutch; mab (an old hackney); rattler; rumbler.
French Synonyms.—Un bordel ambulant (common = a walking brothel); un char numèroté (popular); un flatar (thieves'); un foutoir ambulant (= a fuckery on wheels); un mylord (popular).
1870. Orchestra, 21 Mar. A recent enigmatical bill-poster on the walls, with the device 'Hie, Cabby, Hie!' turns out to be a Patent Cab Call—an ingenious sort of lamp-signal for remote hansoms and growlers.
1873. Land and Water, 25 Jan. The knacker's yard is baulked for a time, while the quadruped shambles along in some poverty-stricken growler.
