Definitions
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- noun
Agent noun ofgrizzle ; a person, especially a young child, who characteristicallywhinges in the interests of making demands met.
Etymologies
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to grizzle + -er
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Examples
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Tory grizzler Rob Adlard above left whines all the time like a deliberately mis-tuned violin.
Whiney Rob Adlard: Still Fiddling the Stats in Tameside 2008
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"The _wust_ sort's the grizzler," Uncle Pentstemon resumed.
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I'd 'ad a grizzler I'd up and' it 'er on the' ed with sumpthin 'pretty quick.
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I don’t think I could abide a grizzler,” said Uncle Pentstemon.
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And went on, warmed through now, both in mind and body: “I fear you’ve had a shocking old grizzler at your side of late, love.
The Way Home 2003
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I don't think I could abide a grizzler, "said Uncle Pentstemon.
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