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Definition of Grinners
1. grinner [n] - See also: grinner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grinners
Literary usage of Grinners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"J shall range all old amorous dotards under the denomination of grinners; ...
There are another kind of grinners, which the ancients call ..."
2. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"I shall range all old amorous dotards under the denomination of grinners ; when
a young ... There are another kind of grinners, which the ancients call ..."
3. The Science and the Art of Teaching by Daniel Wolford La Rue (1917)
"It is evident at once that the grinners have passed through some experience which
the non-grinners have not enjoyed, and that the two fingers are a sign of ..."
4. Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder by Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1849)
"I shall range all old amorous dotards under the denomination of grinners. ...
There are another kind of grinners, which the ancients call ..."
5. The Works of the Late G. A. Stevens, Esq.: Consisting of His Celebrated by W. H. Badham, George Alexander Stevens (1823)
"The Crooners and grinners. Here are the busts of two ancient laughing and crying
philosophers, or orators [takes the two heads up.] These in their lifetimes ..."
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