Growlery

growlery English Etymology From en growl ery. Noun A place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured. "Sit down, my dear," said Mr. Jarndyce. "This, you must know, is the Growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here." en 1895 St. Nicholas - Volume 22, Part 2 1045 Hi ! the Howlery ! ho ! the Growlery ! Ha ! the Sniffery, Snarlery, Scowlery ! There we may stay, If we choose, all day; But it 's only a smile that can bring us away. en 2006 Capital Speculations: Writing and Building Washington Sarah Luria 92 158465502X As such, the Growlery again frustrates what Doublass sees as a peculiarly American obsession with pigeonholing things in terms of race.