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† grincome slang. Obs.
Also 7 grincam, -om, -um, grinkcome, grinkum. Also crinkum.
Chiefly pl. A name for syphilis.
1608Middleton Fam. Love i. iii, 'A had a receipt for the grincomes in his hand. 1632Marmion Holland's Leaguer iv. iii. Dram. Wks. (1875) 73, I have the grincums in my back. 1635J. Jones Adrasta i. C 2, In a Nobleman 'tis abusive; no, in him the Sarpigo, in a Knight the Grincomes, in a Gentleman the Neopolitan scabb [etc.]. 1678Butler Hud. iii. i. 702 For Jealousie is but a kind Of Clap and Grincam of the Mind, The natural effect of Love. |