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Griffin

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A cadet newly arrived in India, half English and half Indian.

Griffins, the residue of a contract feast, taken away by the contractor, half the buyer’s and half the seller’s.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Grey Washer by the Ford (The)
Greybeard (A)
Greycoats
Greyhound
Greyhound
Greys
Gridiron
Grief
Grievance - monger
Griffen Horse (The)
Griffin
Griffon, Griffen, or Griffin
Grig
Grim (Giant)
Grimace
Grimalkin or Graymalkin (French, gris malkin)
Grimes (Peter)
Grimm’s Law
Grimsby (Lincolnshire)
Grim’s Dyke
Grimwig

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