Grouse Definition
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Excellent.
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Origin of Grouse
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As a verb from the late 19th century (first recorded by Kipling), as a noun from the early 20th; origin uncertain, possibly from French groucier "to murmur, grumble", in origin onomatopoeic. Compare grutch with the same meaning, but attestation from the 1200s, whence also grouch.
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Perhaps from French dialectal groucer from Old French grouchier grudge
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Attested in the 1530s, as grows, a plural used collectively. Of unknown origin.
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1940s, origin uncertain.
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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