gripple
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gripple
before 1000; Middle English grip ( p ) el, Old English gripul; see gripe
Example Sentences
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To Charles, Isabel sent great complaints, declaring that she was "married to a gripple miser, and was no better than a waiting-woman, living on a pension from the Despensers."
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Earthquakes swallow up this mercantile city and its "gripple merchants," as Drayton hath it, "born to be the curse of this brave isle"!
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
Heber's generosity has been nobly praised by Scott, who contrasts the hard-heartedness of other bibliophiles, those "gripple niggards" who preferred holding on to their treasures, with his friend's careless liberality.
From Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier
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