gruffish

‘Carries a bag?’ said he — ‘bag with a good deal of room in it — is gruffish, and comes down upon you, sharp?’

David Copperfield 2007

‘Tottle, my dear fellow, how DO you do?’ said a short elderly gentleman with a gruffish voice, bursting into the room, and replying to the question by asking another.

Sketches by Boz 2007

For a minute, everything danced before Polly's eyes, as a hand shook hers warmly, and a gruffish voice said heartily, –

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

'Carries a bag?' said he - 'bag with a good deal of room in it - is gruffish, and comes down upon you, sharp?'

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

For a minute, everything danced before Polly's eyes, as a hand shook hers warmly, and a gruffish voice said heartily, "How are you, Polly?"

An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

Ormont was annoyed to find himself often gruffish behind the tie of his cravat.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

Ormont was annoyed to find himself often gruffish behind the tie of his cravat.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Ormont was annoyed to find himself often gruffish behind the tie of his cravat.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868

For a minute, everything danced before Polly's eyes, as a hand shook hers warmly, and a gruffish voice said heartily, "How are you, Polly?"

An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860

'Carries a bag?' said he-'bag with a good deal of room in it-is gruffish, and comes down upon you, sharp? '

David Copperfield 1850