Grabat definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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In a miserable grabat, or garret, a mechanic, yet young, and stricken by a lingering malady contracted by the labour of his occupation, was slowly passing from that world which had frowned on his cradle, and relaxed not the gloom of its aspect to comfort his bed of Death.

—Night and Morning, Complete

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In a miserable grabat, or garret, a mechanic, yet young, and stricken by a lingering malady contracted by the labour of his occupation, was slowly passing from that world which had frowned on his cradle, and relaxed not the gloom of its aspect to comfort his bed of Death. — Night and Morning, Complete
She was sitting on the edge of a grabat, hard as wood, comfortless as a truss of straw, and looking down the long hospital room, with its endless rows of beds and its hot sun shining blindingly on its glaring, whitewashed walls She was well known and well loved there. — Under Two Flags
"V'la ce que c'est la gloire -- au grabat!" — Under Two Flags
"V'la ce que c'est la gloire -- au grabat!" said Cigarette, now grinding her pretty teeth. — Under Two Flags
"Dream of glory, and end on a grabat! — Under Two Flags