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- noun Northern England A
light-hearted competition in which peoplegirn (make elaborate faces) through ahorse collar ; mostpopular inrural parts ofEngland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The water-hen gave one mighty final tug and toppled into the burn; while the weasel viciously showed me his teeth, and then stole slowly up the bank to the rose-bush, whence, "girning," he watched me lift his exhausted victim from the water, and set off with her for the school-house.
Auld Licht Idyls 1898
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The water-hen gave one mighty final tug and toppled into the burn; while the weasel viciously showed me his teeth, and then stole slowly up the bank to the rose-bush, whence, "girning," he watched me lift his exhausted victim from the water, and set off with her for the schoolhouse.
Auld Licht Idylls 1898
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I never thought I'd end up girning at my dinner like a mad pirate.
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Ech! what a wicked 'un he looks, girning at death!'
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Ech! what a wicked 'un he looks, girning at death!'
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God only knows how we have managed to put up with your ungrateful girning, whinning and idiotic supiriority complex.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Wouldn't you have just had an overwhelming urge to stand up and punch the girning chimp right in the gob?
Why Tell the Jokes? Rogers 2006
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Here were dozens of men who never went near a church and probably harboured no religious prejudice, girning in frustration at not being able to join in songs affirming the superiority of the Scottish Protestant; sung in support of a football team which was today fielding three Dutchmen, two Germans, two Italians, two Australians and an American alongside its one token Scot: Neil McCann, who happened to be a Catholic.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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It had been like a mewling bairn, girning away for attention all morning, never satisfied by any amount of delicate handling and soft words, wearyingly restless in its cradle.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Here were dozens of men who never went near a church and probably harboured no religious prejudice, girning in frustration at not being able to join in songs affirming the superiority of the Scottish Protestant; sung in support of a football team which was today fielding three Dutchmen, two Germans, two Italians, two Australians and an American alongside its one token Scot: Neil McCann, who happened to be a Catholic.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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