griffingriffongryphonn.¹

/ˈɡrɪfɪn/

/ˈɡrɪfən/

Forms: α. Middle English griffun, gryffoun(e, (Middle English gryffown), Middle English griffoun(e, greffon, Middle English–1600s gryffon, Middle English, 1600s–1700s grifon, 1500s gryfon, 1500s–1600s griffion, 1500s griffen, 1600s gryffen, Middle English griffyn, (Middle English grefyne, grifyn), 1600s–1700s gryffin, Middle English– griffon, 1500s– griffin. β. Middle English, 1600s griphon, (1500s girphinne, Scottish grephoun), 1500s–1600s griphin, 1500s–1700s gryphin, 1600s, 1800s gryphen, Middle English– gryphon.

Etymology: < Old French grifoun, French griffon (Old French also gripon) = Italian grifone, < Latin grȳphus (Mela) = grȳps (genitive grȳphis), < Greek γρύψ (genitive γρῡπός). In sense 2, and its combination in Compounds 2, the regular modern spelling is griffon, in other senses usually griffin, though gryphon is used by many writers as having more dignified associations.

a. A fabulous animal usually represented as having the head and wings of an eagle and the body and hind quarters of a lion.By the Greeks they were believed to inhabit Scythia, and to keep jealous watch over the gold of that country.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > (egg of) griffin

gripec1275

griffin13..

gripe's egg1391

grypha1398

griffiness1834

13.. K. Alis. 496 The griffon of him was agast.

c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1275 Lik a grifphon looked he aboute [Lansd., Corpus & Hengwrt MSS. griffon, Cambr. MS. grefoun].

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxix. 132 In þat land er many griffouns..þai hafe þe schappe of ane egle before, and behind þe schappe of a lyoun.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. iv. 69 The gryffons wylde whiche haue bodyes of lyouns fleyng.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1981 Frome a greffon he was refte.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 88 The Griphin is a Foule of plentifull and thicke fether, and foure footed withall.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 119 The Griffon is a bird rich feathered, His head is like a Lion, and his flight Is like the Eagles.

1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes Propos. The Horse and Gryphin shall together sleepe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 943 As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness..Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stelth Had from his wakeful custody purloind The guarded Gold.

1713 Guardian 20 May 2/1 A learned Controversie about the Existence of Griffins.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 258 Amongst these Relicks they show'd me a prodigious claw set in Gold which they call'd the claw of a Griffin.

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 101 A stony desert tenanted by Gryphons and Chimeras.

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iii. 142 The great dragons and griffins and ‘laithly worms’ of mediaeval legend.

1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 138 They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.

b. A representation or figure of a griffin, as in Heraldry, Sculpture, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

dragonc1330

griffina1400

yalec1425

mermaid1445

manticorec1470

cockatrice1513

mermaiden1538

opinicus1546

lituit1562

Pegasus1562

equicerve1572

harpy1572

lyciske1572

verme1572

wyver1599

merman1601

lion-dragon1610

lion-poisson1610

wyvern1610

Sagittarius1619

sagittary1632

man-fish1653

sea lion1661

satyral1724

man-tiger1780

sea-dog1780

Welsh dragon1799

camelopardel1830

satyr1845

serpivolant1866

sea monkey1909

a1400 Coer de L. 2963 Off red sendel were her baneres. With three gryffouns depaynted wel.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3870 Qwat gome was he this with the gaye armes, With þis gryffoune of golde.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 117 A Skochen of myn Armes..and ij Greffons to bere hit vppe.

1460 Lybeaus Disc. 81 A scheld..Wyth a gryffoun of say.

1552 Inv. Bexley in Archaeologia Cantiana (1872) 8 108 On cope of red with floures and griffens of gold.

1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 119 A Griffin Sergreant Or.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 33 The griffin, a modern hiero~glyphic, signifying strength and swiftness.

1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 67 The Britons..put letters on them [ sc. coins], elephants, and gryphons; things they were before unacquainted with.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 237 The paw remained suspended in the air..like the claw of a heraldic griffin.

?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Ee2^v/1 Griffin Male, in heraldry is represented without wings, having rays of gold issuing from various parts of the body.

1831 W. S. Landor Count Julian in Wks. (1846) II. 514 Gryphens and Eagles, ivory and gold, Can add no clearness to the lamp above.

1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy I. v. 82 Grim stone griffins surmount the terrace-steps.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 68 A gryphon is the dexter Supporter of the Duke of Cleveland.

2. A vulture; now = griffon-vulture (see Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture

gripea1250

vulturec1374

griffin1382

bawtere1486

grape?a1500

geir1565

gryph1570

carrion crow1699

aasvoel1821

carrion-vulture1829

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture)

griffin1382

griffon-vulture1831

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 13 An egle, and a griffyn [L. gryphem], and a merlyoun.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xiv. 12 Egle, and griffun.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. xi. 13 The Eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vii. 131 The griffons circled and soared from their eyries.

1876 Oxford Bible-Helps 95 ‘Eagle’ (Deut. xxxii. 11)..the..griffon, great vulture.

1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 274 The griffin or fulvous-vulture, Gyps fulvus.

3. transferred. A grim-looking or extremely vigilant guardian. (Cf. dragon n.¹)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > keeper or guardian > grim or vigilant

griffin1824

1824 R. B. Peake Americans Abroad I. ii. 7/1 It [the larder] is always locked up, by that she griffin with a bunch of keys.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

griffin-beaked adj.

ΚΠ

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 140 The griffin-beaked galleys of the ancient Scandinavians.

griffin-guarded adj.

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 43 The griffin-guarded gates.

griffin-like adj.

ΚΠ

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 18 A corporalty of griffonlike Promooters, and Apparitors.

griffin-winged adj.

ΚΠ

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xiii. 686 Ausonius..makes her [sc. the Sphynx]..griffin-winged.

C2.

griffin's foot n. a surgical instrument, so called from its form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instrument for raising depressed bone

griffin's foot1611

elevatory1617

levatory1617

levator1672

triploid1750

lever1846

trepanning-elevator1877

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pied de Griffon, a Griffons foot.

1750 Mem. Royal Acad. Surg. Paris I. 162 The instruments hitherto used to raise the bones of the cranium depressed on the dura mater are..the griffin's foot.

griffon-vulture n. a vulture of the genus Gyps, esp. G. fulvus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture)

griffin1382

griffon-vulture1831

1831 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. II. 97 The Griffon Vulture. Vultur fulvus.

1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 74 If the griffon-vulture be frightened after his repast, he must disgorge, before he flies.

1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 275 The griffon-vulture, Gyps fulvus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

griffinn.²

/ˈɡrɪfɪn/

Etymology: Of uncertain origin: usually explained as a figurative use of griffin n.¹, but there is no evidence for this.

Anglo-Indian.

A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways and peculiarities; a novice, new-comer, greenhorn.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > inexperienced person

imperite1614

greenhorn1672

unadept1745

griffin1793

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > European > newly arrived

griffin1793

griff1829

1793 Child in R. Southey Life Bell (1844) I. 459 Wilks..will..lend you every assistance in forwarding these matters, in which..you must, I presume, be a perfect griffin.

1794 H. Boyd Indian Observ. No. 34. ⁋5 I am little better than an unfledged Griffin, according to the fashionable phrase here [i.e. in Madras].

1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 73 Every arrival from Europe..as soon as he touches terra~firma is a griffin.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 30 (note) Young men, immediately on their arrival in India, are termed griffins, and retain this honour until they are twelve months in the country.

1836 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 38 Mrs. Staunton laughs at me, and calls me a ‘griffin’..(N.B. Griffin means a freshman or freshwoman in India.)

1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. iv. 159 Utter greenhorns or griffins, as Indian phraseology has it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	griffin
释义	griffingriffongryphonn.¹ /ˈɡrɪfɪn/ /ˈɡrɪfən/ Forms: α. Middle English griffun, gryffoun(e, (Middle English gryffown), Middle English griffoun(e, greffon, Middle English–1600s gryffon, Middle English, 1600s–1700s grifon, 1500s gryfon, 1500s–1600s griffion, 1500s griffen, 1600s gryffen, Middle English griffyn, (Middle English grefyne, grifyn), 1600s–1700s gryffin, Middle English– griffon, 1500s– griffin. β. Middle English, 1600s griphon, (1500s girphinne, Scottish grephoun), 1500s–1600s griphin, 1500s–1700s gryphin, 1600s, 1800s gryphen, Middle English– gryphon. Etymology: < Old French grifoun, French griffon (Old French also gripon) = Italian grifone, < Latin grȳphus (Mela) = grȳps (genitive grȳphis), < Greek γρύψ (genitive γρῡπός). In sense 2, and its combination in Compounds 2, the regular modern spelling is griffon, in other senses usually griffin, though gryphon is used by many writers as having more dignified associations. 1. a. A fabulous animal usually represented as having the head and wings of an eagle and the body and hind quarters of a lion.By the Greeks they were believed to inhabit Scythia, and to keep jealous watch over the gold of that country. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > (egg of) griffin gripec1275 griffin13.. gripe's egg1391 grypha1398 griffiness1834 13.. K. Alis. 496 The griffon of him was agast. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1275 Lik a grifphon looked he aboute [Lansd., Corpus & Hengwrt MSS. griffon, Cambr. MS. grefoun]. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxix. 132 In þat land er many griffouns..þai hafe þe schappe of ane egle before, and behind þe schappe of a lyoun. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. iv. 69 The gryffons wylde whiche haue bodyes of lyouns fleyng. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1981 Frome a greffon he was refte. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 88 The Griphin is a Foule of plentifull and thicke fether, and foure footed withall. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 119 The Griffon is a bird rich feathered, His head is like a Lion, and his flight Is like the Eagles. 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes Propos. The Horse and Gryphin shall together sleepe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 943 As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness..Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stelth Had from his wakeful custody purloind The guarded Gold. View more context for this quotation 1713 Guardian 20 May 2/1 A learned Controversie about the Existence of Griffins. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 258 Amongst these Relicks they show'd me a prodigious claw set in Gold which they call'd the claw of a Griffin. 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 101 A stony desert tenanted by Gryphons and Chimeras. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iii. 142 The great dragons and griffins and ‘laithly worms’ of mediaeval legend. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 138 They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. b. A representation or figure of a griffin, as in Heraldry, Sculpture, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 a1400 Coer de L. 2963 Off red sendel were her baneres. With three gryffouns depaynted wel. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3870 Qwat gome was he this with the gaye armes, With þis gryffoune of golde. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 117 A Skochen of myn Armes..and ij Greffons to bere hit vppe. 1460 Lybeaus Disc. 81 A scheld..Wyth a gryffoun of say. 1552 Inv. Bexley in Archaeologia Cantiana (1872) 8 108 On cope of red with floures and griffens of gold. 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 119 A Griffin Sergreant Or. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 33 The griffin, a modern hiero~glyphic, signifying strength and swiftness. 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 67 The Britons..put letters on them [ sc. coins], elephants, and gryphons; things they were before unacquainted with. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 237 The paw remained suspended in the air..like the claw of a heraldic griffin. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Ee2^v/1 Griffin Male, in heraldry is represented without wings, having rays of gold issuing from various parts of the body. 1831 W. S. Landor Count Julian in Wks. (1846) II. 514 Gryphens and Eagles, ivory and gold, Can add no clearness to the lamp above. 1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy I. v. 82 Grim stone griffins surmount the terrace-steps. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 68 A gryphon is the dexter Supporter of the Duke of Cleveland. 2. A vulture; now = griffon-vulture (see Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture gripea1250 vulturec1374 griffin1382 bawtere1486 grape?a1500 geir1565 gryph1570 carrion crow1699 aasvoel1821 carrion-vulture1829 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture) griffin1382 griffon-vulture1831 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 13 An egle, and a griffyn [L. gryphem], and a merlyoun. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xiv. 12 Egle, and griffun. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. xi. 13 The Eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vii. 131 The griffons circled and soared from their eyries. 1876 Oxford Bible-Helps 95 ‘Eagle’ (Deut. xxxii. 11)..the..griffon, great vulture. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 274 The griffin or fulvous-vulture, Gyps fulvus. 3. transferred. A grim-looking or extremely vigilant guardian. (Cf. dragon n.¹) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > keeper or guardian > grim or vigilant griffin1824 1824 R. B. Peake Americans Abroad I. ii. 7/1 It [the larder] is always locked up, by that she griffin with a bunch of keys. Compounds C1. General attributive. griffin-beaked adj. ΚΠ 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 140 The griffin-beaked galleys of the ancient Scandinavians. griffin-guarded adj. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 43 The griffin-guarded gates. griffin-like adj. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 18 A corporalty of griffonlike Promooters, and Apparitors. griffin-winged adj. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xiii. 686 Ausonius..makes her [sc. the Sphynx]..griffin-winged. C2. griffin's foot n. a surgical instrument, so called from its form. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instrument for raising depressed bone griffin's foot1611 elevatory1617 levatory1617 levator1672 triploid1750 lever1846 trepanning-elevator1877 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pied de Griffon, a Griffons foot. 1750 Mem. Royal Acad. Surg. Paris I. 162 The instruments hitherto used to raise the bones of the cranium depressed on the dura mater are..the griffin's foot. griffon-vulture n. a vulture of the genus Gyps, esp. G. fulvus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture) griffin1382 griffon-vulture1831 1831 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. II. 97 The Griffon Vulture. Vultur fulvus. 1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 74 If the griffon-vulture be frightened after his repast, he must disgorge, before he flies. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 275 The griffon-vulture, Gyps fulvus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). griffinn.² /ˈɡrɪfɪn/ Etymology: Of uncertain origin: usually explained as a figurative use of griffin n.¹, but there is no evidence for this. Anglo-Indian. A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways and peculiarities; a novice, new-comer, greenhorn. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > inexperienced person imperite1614 greenhorn1672 unadept1745 griffin1793 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > European > newly arrived griffin1793 griff1829 1793 Child in R. Southey Life Bell (1844) I. 459 Wilks..will..lend you every assistance in forwarding these matters, in which..you must, I presume, be a perfect griffin. 1794 H. Boyd Indian Observ. No. 34. ⁋5 I am little better than an unfledged Griffin, according to the fashionable phrase here [i.e. in Madras]. 1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 73 Every arrival from Europe..as soon as he touches terra~firma is a griffin. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 30 (note) Young men, immediately on their arrival in India, are termed griffins, and retain this honour until they are twelve months in the country. 1836 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 38 Mrs. Staunton laughs at me, and calls me a ‘griffin’..(N.B. Griffin means a freshman or freshwoman in India.) 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. iv. 159 Utter greenhorns or griffins, as Indian phraseology has it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). griffinn.³ Etymology: Origin unascertained. slang. A tip (in betting, etc.); a signal, hint. Cf. griff n.⁶ ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful hint1777 wrinkle1818 tip1845 hunch1849 the straight tip1871 kinklea1873 speech1874 quiff1881 pointer1884 griffin1889 griff1891 tip-off1901 rumble1905 wheeze1906 drum1915 1889 Cassell's Sat. Jrnl. Jan. 305/3 Plank yourself at the corner to give the griffin (signal) if you hear or see owt. 1891 J. Newman Scamping Tricks & Odd Knowl. 95 When he wanted to give the chaps in the office the straight griffin, he used to say, ‘Nelson's my guide.’ 1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara xxiv. 265 ‘This is the Straight Griffin, Fred,’ said Mr. Cozenza: ‘the absolute straight Tip.’ 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 63 Let's give de fellers de griffin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹13..n.²1793n.³1889
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griffingriffongryphonn.1

Compounds

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