grice
noun
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
grice
1 American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
Chiefly Scot.
Grice
2
American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
grice
British
/ ˈɡraɪs /
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of grice
1175–1225; Middle English gris < Old Norse grīss pig
Example Sentences
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Then we cut to Ukip's leader Lord Pearson, a man straight out of society's top drawer, whose accent is instantly redolent of grouse, or perhaps that should be grice, moors and weekend shooting parties.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2010
Two other names for the pig are the northern Galt and the Lincolnshire Grice— "Marcassin, a young wild boare; a shoot or grice."
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
Katie Beardie had a grice, It could skate upon the ice; Wasna that a dentie grice?
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
Poverty is a comparative thing, and each degree of it is mocked by its "neighbour grice."
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
Oh, Hoxford was a pleasant plice To many a poet dear, And Saccharissa had the grice In Hoxford to appear.
From New Collected Rhymes by Lang, Andrew
Long before RZA and the GZA became musical legends – when their friends called them Robert Diggs and Gary Grice – martial arts cinema was relegated to cinematic margins.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
Sam Grice, founder of Octopus Legacy, has been seeking to change this by encouraging more young people to draft their will after his mother Jeanette died in a car crash when he was 27.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Court and jail records don’t indicate if Grice has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
"I wanted to challenge myself and I think it's a good way to keep my mum's name alive," Miss Grice said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023
Well, sir," continued Mrs. Grice, beginning to enjoy herself, "we'd bin walkin' out for some time, and it didn't look like ever comin' to anything.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
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