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  • Jenny had already been down to see them; they were middle-groundy about the situation, but didn't close her out, since she was like a daughter to them.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • Naturally the wild, sour, groundy, fermented, and hidey kinds are avoided as much as possible.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • Tampico, Tabasco, and Coatzacoalcos coffees are uncertain in quality; mostly they are low grade, some of them frequently possessing a groundy, flat, or Rioy flavor.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • Kroes are of heavy body, of somewhat groundy flavor when new crop, and are good roasters and blenders.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • The girl accustomed to mix cream in a cup of freshly roasted, freshly ground coffee takes badly to the weak, groundy liquid so often supplied in its place.

    Etheldreda the Ready A School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • The drudges of fedition wifli to change their groundy they heaf him with fullen filcnce, feel con« vi£Uon without repentance, and are confounded but norabaHied; they go forward to another door, and find a kinder reception fiom a man enraged againll the guvcrnment, bccaufe he ha; jml been paying the tax upon his windows.

    The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets 1787

  • A performer on the TV show and also nominated Best Solo Rock Vocal he didn’t think he’d win and was right — so and so won, he described his latest album,Electric Arguments, as “under-groundy, experimental” and is proud of its solid critical reception.

    Buzzine » Other Side of Grammy Awards… 2009

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