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noun
Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: typically of domestic animals
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verb
To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
look or stare at longingly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: view, consider, look at
History
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).
