growler

1. (historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.Examples: "He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man."; "The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham."; "Lew pulled his socks from a jacket pocket, grabbed his own shoes, and together they proceeded to the street and into a growler, and were off."historicalslang

2. (informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.Examples: "[…] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […]"; "This container was a round lidded tin with a handle and was colloquially called a growler. […] to get daddy or mommy a growler of beer, which was, by the way, approximately a quart."AustraliaCanadaUSinformal

3. (dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.Examples: "Now, on first impression, a pork pie - or a ‘growler’ if you're from Yorkshire - looks like a delicious snack."UKYorkshiredialectal

4. (British, slang) The vulva.Examples: "On our first meeting he'd asked me if I dyed my hair. I told him I did and his follow up^([sic]) question had been the much under rated^([sic]), "What colour's your growler then?""Britishslang

5. (US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.USdialectal