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thurl

[ thurl ]

noun

  1. the hip joint of cattle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thurl1

Origin uncertain
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Example Sentences

No word on whether Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has reached out to Davis the way he did to rookie Thurl Bailey of the Utah Jazz after James Worthy — another goggles guy — inadvertently scratched Bailey’s cornea during a game in 1984.

Boris Karloff provides narration, with additional voices by Thurl Ravenscroft and June Foray.

“You can’t ignore the Jazz,” said Thurl Bailey, the Salt Lake City mainstay and sage who played here from 1983 to 1991 and in 1999.

We all know that Boris Karloff performs the entire story, but did you know that the man who sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” Thurl Ravenscroft, was the original voice of Tony the Tiger?

The singing pumpkins, currently working from a range of 11 synchronized tunes, borrow from tricks made to generate the crooning marble busts — the undead Mellomen, including bass singer Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, and in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the singer of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” — in Disney World’s Haunted Mansion, singing “Grim Grinning Ghosts.”

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