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Examples
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Tryal they found he was Master only of the merry Grinn.
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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Grinn, and were ready to assign the Prize to him, had it not been proved by one of his Antagonists, that he had practised with Verjuice for some
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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His Muscles were so drawn together on each side of his Face, that he shew'd twenty Teeth at a Grinn, and put the County in some pain, lest a
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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At the very first Grinn he cast every Human Feature out of his Countenance; at the second he became the Face of a Spout; at the third a Baboon, at the fourth the Head of a Base-Viol, and at the fifth a Pair of Nut-Crackers.
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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The next that mounted the Table was a Malecontent in those Days, and a great Master in the whole Art of Grinning, but particularly excelled in the angry Grinn.
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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_Warwickshire_ Man will be known by his Grinn, as Roman-Catholicks imagine a _Kentish_ Man is by his Tail.
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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The new barbecue restaurant Eat 'N Grinn will be cooking the pig, and Marine Bank will be on hand with a hot dog and hamburger stand.
KeysNews.com - 2008
WindSector commented on the word Grinn
We’ll let the linguistics wonks debate whether our new term “Grinn” is a portmanteau, neologism, or a sniglet.
Grinn is the blend of two words: Green Innovation.
Interchangeably as Green Innovator.
Introduced in the WindSector Blog on April 24, 2011.
April 26, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word Grinn
Does it conform to Grinn's Law?
April 26, 2011
WindSector commented on the word Grinn
Don't know a Grinn's Law. There is a Grimm's Law. "Grinn" is not related to that one.
April 26, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word Grinn
I was poking fun with the reference to "Grinn's Law".
April 26, 2011
WindSector commented on the word Grinn
Sorry, long day for me. Hope you like our addition. Thanks for the smile.
April 26, 2011