grig
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(grĭg)n.
A lively, bright person.
[Middle English, dwarf.]
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grig
(ɡrɪɡ)n
1. a lively person
2. (Zoology) a short-legged hen
3. (Zoology) a young eel
[C14: dwarf, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish krik a little creature]
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grig
(grɪg)n.
a very lively, cheerful, rather diminutive person.
[1350–1400; Middle English grig, gregedwarf; orig. uncertain]
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