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Griswold

//ˈɡrɪzwɔːld// name, slang

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  1. 1
    An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
  2. 2
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A town in Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
  3. 3
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
  4. 4
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
  5. 5
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A ghost town in California.
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  1. 6
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

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