Grumbletonian, subs. (common).—A pattern of discontent: one ever on the grumble. [Grumbleton (during the reigns of the later Stuarts) = an imaginary centre of discontent; hence, Grumbletonian, a nickname of the County party, distinguished from the Court, as being in opposition.] 1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. Grumbletonians, malecontents, out of Humour with the Government, for want of a Place, or having lost one. 1705–7. Ward, Hudibras Redivivus, vol. I., pt. 1, p. 24 (2nd Ed.). But all the grumbletonian throng Did with such violence rush along. 1773. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, Act 1. Now, if I pleased, I could be so revenged upon the old grumbletonian. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue. Grumbletonian, s.v., a discontented person. 1849–61. Macaulay, Hist. of Eng., ch. xix. Who were sometimes nicknamed the grumbletonians, and sometimes honoured with the appellation of the County party. Grummet, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Grumpy (or Grumpish), adj. (colloquial).—Surly; cross; angry. 1840. Mrs. Trollope, Michael Armstrong, ch. vi. If you blubber or look grumpish. 1859. Sala, Twice Round the Clock, 3 a.m., par. 13. Calling you a ‘cross, grumpy, old thing,’ when you mildly suggest that it is very near bed-time. 1868. Miss Braddon, Trail of the Serpent, bk. IV., ch. i. A grumpy old deaf keeper, and a boy, his assistant. 1883. Punch, 19 May, p. 230, c. 2. They all looked grumpy and down in the mouth. Grundy, subs. (old).—A short fat man; a forty-guts (q.v.).—See Mrs. Grundy. 1563. Fox, Acts and Monuments (London, 1844), iii., 1104. For that he being a short grundy, and of little stature, did ride commonly with a great broad hat. Grunter, subs. (old).—1. A pig; a grunting-cheat (q.v.). In quot. 1652 = pork. For synonyms, see Sow’s Baby. 1656. Brome, Jovial Crew. Here’s grunter and bleater, with tib-of-the-buttry. 1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. Grunter, s.v. A sucking pig. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue. Grunter, s.v. 1841. Comic Almanack, p. 266. And the squeaking grunter is loose on the green. 1847–50. Tennyson, Princess, v. 26. A draggled mawkin, That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge. 2. (common).—A sixpence. In quot. 1785 = 1s. Cf., Hog and Pig. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, Grunter, s.v. A shilling. 1858. A. Mayhew, Paved with Gold, bk. III., ch. iii., p. 267. One of the men ... had only taken three ‘twelvers’ [shillings] and a grunter. 1885. Household Words, 20 June. p. 155. The sixpence ... is variously known as a ‘pig,’ a ‘sow’s baby,’ a grunter, and ‘half a hog.’ 3. (common).—A policeman; a trap (q.v.); a pig (q.v. sense 2). For synonyms, see Beak. 1820. London Magazine, i., 26. As a bonnet against ... grunters. 1859. Matsell, Vocabulum. Grunter, s.v., a country constable.