grig


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grig/ɡrɪɡ/
noun dialect
  • 1 a small eel.
  • 2 a grasshopper or cricket.
– phrases
(as) merry (or lively) as a grig lively and full of fun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘dwarf’): of unknown origin.
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