The black rooks will fly away, my son, and you'll come back as brown as a berry, and as merry as a grig.
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Grig
/ɡɹɪɡ/
Synonyms for "grig" (15 found)
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[W]e assembled at one o'clock, at two sat down to dinner, consisting of capital stewed grigs, a dish Mrs Burt was famous for dressing, a large joint of roast or boiled meat, with proper vegetables and a good-sized pudding or pie […] .
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The further method of tillage pursued, was to make fallows; and if the season permitted, so that the ground could be cleared and burnt off, to destroy the grig or heath, […]
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