grumphies

Updated: July 2, 2026

But I must say, that although we were thus making siller like sclate stones, I was not satisfied in my own mind that I had got the manse merely to be a factory of butter and cheese, and to breed up veal calves for the slaughter; so I spoke to the second Mrs Balwhidder, and pointed out to her what I thought the error of our way; but she had been so ingrained with the profitable management of cows and grumphies in her father's house, that she could not desist, at the which I was greatly grieved.

John Galt - The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder