gropplev.
/ˈɡrɒp(ə)l/ dialect.
intransitive. = grope v. 2b.
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1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xiv. 261 Tom..had gone off to the brook to ‘gropple’ in the bank for crayfish.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. xiv. 251 Creeping brooks afforded good sport for small truants groppling about with their hands.
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v.1861- sort
- sort (out, sift, winnow) the corn from the chaff
- sort (out, sift, winnow) the grain from the chaff
- sort (out, sift, winnow) the wheat from the chaff
- sort key
- sort of thing
- sort of, o', a, sorter
- sort out the men from the boys
- sort program
- sort routine
- sort-out
- sorta
- sortable
- sortably
- sortal
- sortance
- sortant
- sortation
- sortations
- sorted
- sorted-out
- sortedout
- sorter
- sorters
- sortership