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Grice

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Grice  (grs), H(erbert) Paul 1913-1988.
British logician best known for his studies of the pragmatics of communication and his theory of conversational maxims.
Grice·an (grs-n) adj.
grice [ˈgraɪs]
vb
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Trainspotting) (intr) (of a railway enthusiast) to collect objects or visit places connected with trains and railways
n
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Trainspotting) an object collected or place visited by a railway enthusiast
[origin obscure]
gricer  n
gricing  n


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Among my headings under this one twelve months I find an account of the adventure of the Paradol Chamber, of the Amateur Mendicant Society, who held a luxurious club in the lower vault of a furniture warehouse, of the facts connected with the loss of the British barque "Sophy Anderson", of the singular adventures of the Grice Patersons in the island of Uffa, and finally of the Camberwell poisoning case.
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