griskin

[ griz-kin ]

noun

, British.

1. a chop or steak, especially a pork chop.
2. Archaic. a pork loin, especially the lean part.

griskin

/ ˈɡrɪskɪn /

noun

1. the lean part of a loin of pork

Word History and Origins

Origin of griskin¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; grice + -kin

Word History and Origins

Origin of griskin¹

C17: probably from dialect gris pig, from Old Norse griss

Example Sentences

Good griskin and geese! go dine, go!”

From Project Gutenberg

For, saving your favor, ma'am, he was as raw as a griskin, and there was n't a bit of him the size of a half-crown he could sit on without a cry-out; and no other pace would the beast go but this little jig-jig, from side to side, while he was tossing his head and flinging his mane about, just as if to say, 'Could n't I pitch you sky-high if I liked?

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Now and then he varied it with pig-meat—good old country meat, let me tell you, pig-meat—such as spare-rib, griskin, blade-bone, and that mysterious morsel, the "mouse."

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Put a piece of pork griskin into a stewpan, with very little more water than will just cover it.

From Project Gutenberg

The fore quarter has the spring or fore leg, the fore loin or neck, the sparerib, and the griskin.

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