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  • As he did so, the thin gruffle of the tarantula sounded once more.

    The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928

  • And once they left, I thought of all these cool things I could have said, bits of intellectual gruffle that would have left a more palatable impression other than some girl repeating "Yeah!" and "Cool!" like a less articulate Rain Man.

    kirida dot com 2008

  • She was making a sound like a soft "Gruffle, gruffle, gruffle.

    The Norby Chronicles Asimov, Janet & Asimov, Isaac 1983

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