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Definition of Grizzling
1. grizzle [v] - See also: grizzle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grizzling
Literary usage of Grizzling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"... a spiteful fairy—" Frizzling and grizzling "—Cyril Baliol, a successful
impersonation—Irving in burlesque—Plays Claude ..."
2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"distinct grizzling on Mile- ol body, on neck, shoulders and thighs, ;tnd indistinct
grizzling on ..."
3. An American's London by Louise Closser Hale (1920)
"She had been grizzling all night over it, she said, as she would "arsk herself
... I did not blame her for grizzling. What surprised me was that I did not ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"... and that they would effect no good by mutual " grizzling." She was quite right
in one sense, but not altogether ; because " grizzling " notoriously does ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Grizzle-pot (popular), a sulky child, one who is constantly "grizzling," ie,
whimpering, whining. ... What on earth are you grizzling about now? ..."
6. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1850)
"The imp was still grizzling and cooing, and stretching and kicking, with most
unequivocal evidence of heing " wide awake," and we found wo were rolling the ..."
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