griff
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of griff
First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening
Example Sentences
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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."
From Time Magazine Archive
The eagle screams from the misty cliff, With a quivering lamb in his taloned griff.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
They are not always well treated; the "galloping griff" is amongst us, who enjoys "lambing" and "bucketing" even a half-donkey.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
And tho' ye folke vast scoffing made, and tho' ye worlde ben colde and blacke, And tho', as moneths dragged away, ye hoyden's harte ben like to crack With griff, she still did praye.
From A Little Book of Western Verse by Eugene Field
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