griggy

Whether the griggy young one was also larky we cannot tell, but while the negro was speaking it executed a flourish (whether intentional or otherwise who can say?) which knocked the big grey rat off the beam, and caused it to fall with a heavy flop on Hockins's face.

The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859

But poor old thing though she certainly was, that antiquated creature became a griggy old thing immediately, and was so tickled with the idea of the stoutest and handsomest man of the party devoting himself entirely to her, when all the younger women were allowed to look after themselves, that she could scarcely walk during the first few minutes for laughing.

Red Rooney The Last of the Crew 1859

We may remark in passing that it is impossible to convey the exact meaning of the Eskimo word which we have rendered "griggy."

Red Rooney The Last of the Crew 1859

Don't you see 'im wid a griggy young un beside' im? "

The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859