"Growlery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Growleries [plural]
Etymology: From growl + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|growl|ery}} growl + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} Growlery (plural Growleries)
  1. A place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured.

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