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The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 11 May 2001
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DhSunanda — 11 May 2001, 11:59

> > "Vhas a groose.", I translate as "[He] Was a grouse." In
> >  > American slang, a grouse is a person who habitually complains. 

>  
>  Dunno. I've seen "to grouse," a verb for a kind of habitual
>  complaining, but I've never heard or seen a nominal form.
>  MW on line only lists (as noun) the bird and "a complaint."
>  

The Shorter Oxford gives a noun form:  "A grumble, a complaint; a reason for 
grumbling". And the very next definition (along the lines of "wicked")  is 
"Austral. & NZ slang.E20.  (Something) good or excellent".

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