growler

growler
growler pitcher or other vessel for beer, 1887, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin; apparently an agent noun from GROWL (Cf. growl) (v.). Originally especially in the expression rushing the growler "going on a spree." Also late 19c. slang for a four-wheeled cab.

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