girn
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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to snarl
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to grimace; pull grotesque faces
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to complain fretfully or peevishly
Etymology
Origin of girn
C14: a variant of grin
Example Sentences
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"Ye needn't girn that away, Jane Browst," whispered Aunt Perrine, emphatically.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 by Various
Mr Hickery rose to offer some apology; but, perceiving I had now got him in a girn, I interposed my authority, and would not permit him to proceed.
From The Provost by John Galt
And whoso, having warnèd been, Refuseth still to turn, Behind his shadow, shrunken mean, A poring spectre shall be seen With livid stare and girn.
From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Henry Morley
What gies him that side-look, that fearfu girn, an' his slouchin walk!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
It maks guid fellows girn an' gape, Wi' chokin dread; An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape For Mailie dead.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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