grig
Americannoun
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a cricket or grasshopper.
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a small or young eel.
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a lively person.
noun
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a lively person
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a short-legged hen
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a young eel
Etymology
Origin of grig
1350–1400; Middle English grig, grege; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The London-based student was joined by Sophie Grig, senior campaigner with Survival International.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2021
The cast, directed by Courtney Ulrich at the Flea Theater, admirably handles the wordy scenes, with Janice Amaya, as Lil, and Sean McIntyre, as Grig, particularly good at bringing shading to the monotonously angry lines.
From New York Times • May 20, 2013
Skipper Grig stuck to his ship to the last.”
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
The Canny Scotia, then, avoided these point-ends; she kept well out to sea, well away from the pack, for there was not over-much wind, and Silas Grig had no wish to be beset again.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
“Not I, little wife, not I,” said Silas Grig.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
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