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- adjective
sullen ,pouting - verb Present participle of
glout .
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Examples
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She had been greatly, therefore, disappointed in the morning, when Mrs. Western had changed her mind on the very point of departure; and had been in what is vulgarly called a glouting humour ever since.
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She had been greatly, therefore, disappointed in the morning, when Mrs. Western had changed her mind on the very point of departure; and had been in what is vulgarly called a glouting humour ever since.
VIII. Containing Scenes of Altercation, of No Very Uncommon Kind. Book VII 1917
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She had been greatly, therefore, disappointed in the morning, when Mrs Western had changed her mind on the very point of departure; and had been in what is vulgarly called a glouting humour ever since.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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To which, with some glouting 11.1 Confusion, he reply'd, Because you are always jeering and making a Jest of me to every Boy in the School.
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When we came to the top, behold the snows fallen! and such quantities, and conducted by such heavy clouds that hung glouting, that I thought we could never have waded through them.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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Then I'll begin again: he will resent: and if I find his aspect very solemn -- Come, come, no glouting, friend, I will say, and perhaps smile in his face: I'll play you a tune, or sing you a song -- Which, which!
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Samuel Richardson 1725
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When the insolent saw that I did not dress, as he would have had me; he drew out his face, glouting, to half the length of my arm; but was silent.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Samuel Richardson 1725
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What happened to the 'fundamentally sound' economy that he and Harper were glouting over during the election campaign??
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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The elections are over and the glouting has started.
novatownhall blog 2008
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The elections are over and the glouting has started.
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