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Definition of Griller
1. one that grills [n -S] - See also: grills
Lexicographical Neighbors of Griller
Literary usage of Griller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1891)
"... studio—Our predecessors—Looking for a site—Finding a griller — Our new premises —
Sir Alexander Cockburn in the chair. I READ in the newspaper the other ..."
2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Fain griller du pain, to tout bread. Du pain rôti, toasted bread. (Fig.,fam. ...
griller mi griller, va rég. 1ère conj., to enclose, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... briller (related to each other as grésiller, griller}, the meaning is transferred
from the domain of the ear to that of the eye, from the analogous ..."
4. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"(a) griller une cigarette, en griller une, to have a smoke. 2. Vb. intr.
griller d'envie, d'impatience, to be on tenterhooks. (b) To denounce. (See grillé. ..."
5. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"Se griller les Jambes, ta scorch one's legs. griller, un. to get broiled (on ...
griller d'impatience, to burn with im patience. GRILLON, sin. я cricket, ..."
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