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Definition of Grins
1. grin [v] - See also: grin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grins
Literary usage of Grins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"These, surely, are not ' grins' from the mouth which compelled us to catch the
... More Broad grins, or Mirth versus Melancholy. Small " grins horribly a ..."
2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"grins horrible, retires, and turns again; Threats his distended paws, and shakes
his He loses while in vain he presses on, Nor will his courage let him dare ..."
3. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... sticks—The coasts of England—A string of sleepy donkeys—Unutterable
boy-thoughts—grins and chuckles like an ogress— Hideous maternal parody—The adorable ..."
4. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"0-288 grms. of substance gave 0-702 grms. of CO corresp. to 0-1914 grins.
or 66-46» of C. 0-288 grins, of substance gave 0-284 grms. of H,O corresp. to ..."
5. Anecdote Lives of Wits and Humourists by John Timbs (1872)
"He published two collections, the Broad grins and Poetical Vagaries, followed by
others. These pieces display lively and sparkling wit and observation ..."
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