griskin
a chop or steak, especially a pork chop.
Archaic. a pork loin, especially the lean part.
Origin of griskin
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How to use griskin in a sentence
griskin or greeskeen; a small bit of meat cut off to be roasted—usually on the coals.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceHer ladyship is the widow of Sir Timothy griskin, a distant relation of our family.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker | Tobias SmollettYou are the very broadcloth of perfection; have pity on me, adorable Mrs. griskin!'
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume | Joseph GregoIt's eternal loss to the soul of a Mussulman that puts a knife and fork into a griskin.
VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea | David Christie MurrayLady griskin is a person of fashion, to whom we have the honour to be related.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker | Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for griskin
/ (ˈɡrɪskɪn) /
British the lean part of a loin of pork
Origin of griskin
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