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Growler

For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.
  

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[nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. [/nq] For the iceberg, it's because they're noisy. If the ice is loose enough that they can scrape against each other, they make a distinctive growling noise.

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  • [nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher.
  • [/nq] For the iceberg, it's because they're noisy.
  • If the ice is loose enough that they can scrape against each other, they make a distinctive growling noise.
  • Growlers (and the next larger size, bergy bits) are especially hazardous, because they are large enough to do damage but small enough to be hard to spot sometimes until contact with the hull of your vessel makes that growling noise.
  • According to the Beer Advocate, the beer kind of growler was originally a metal pail made for take-out draft beer.
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[nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.[/nq]
For the iceberg, it's because they're noisy. If the ice is loose enough that they can scrape against each other, they make a distinctive growling noise. Growlers (and the next larger size, bergy bits) are especially hazardous, because they are large enough to
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[nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.[/nq]
A growler isn't a beer pitcher. It's a container to carry beer home in. My father-in-law had an old one that was made of galvanized tin. I googled for images and saw several glass growlers, but I was sure the one I've seen was tin. Continuing to google, I fou
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[nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.[/nq]
Then you'll be even more confused when you add "four-wheeled horse-drawn cab" to your list.
And I'm sure you don't want to know about ladies' bits ...
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]A growler isn't a beer pitcher. It's a container to carry beer home in. My father-in-law had an old one ... local bar or brewery to workers at lunchtime or to their parents at dinnertime, a practice called "rushing the growler.""[/nq]
Thanks! I googled up more at "rushing the growler":

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[nq:1]Then you'll be even more confused when you add "four-wheeled horse-drawn cab" to your list. And I'm sure you don't want to know about ladies' bits ...[/nq]
At my point in life, if there are any new bits, I don't want to hear about them!
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[nq:1]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.[/nq]
"Going the growler" is also Australian slang for performing oral *** on a woman.
Mekon
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[nq:2]For some reason, a growler is a small iceberg or a beer pitcher. I can't see what either have to do with low guttural noises.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Going the growler" is also Australian slang for performing oral *** on a woman. Mekon[/nq]
or a kangaroo.
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[nq:2]Then you'll be even more confused when you add "four-wheeled ... sure you don't want to know about ladies' bits ...[/nq]
[nq:1]At my point in life, if there are any new bits, I don't want to hear about them![/nq]
Or from them...

john
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[nq:1]For the iceberg, it's because they're noisy. If the ice is loose enough that they can scrape against each other, ... enough to be hard to spot sometimes until contact with the hull of your vessel makes that growling noise.[/nq]
Other nautical slang I've read across ... a sailboat is a 'flappy' and a motorboat is a 'stinkpot'.
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