query

[GEORGE THOMPSON]

This is a question that wanders into the library every few years.
The answer depends on which reverse dictionary one consults.  One, I
forget which, gives "puggry", a type of cloth; another gives a
different answer, or perhaps several.  If anyone really cares, speak
out, and I will go downstairs to the reference room and get the
precise references.

GAT


Date:          Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:20:17 -0500
From:          Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
Subject:       query

A TA of mine just asked me what the three English words ending in -gry are,
and I could only recall "angry" and "hungry."  Can someone remind me what
the third one is?

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