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Definition of Grillings
1. grilling [n] - See also: grilling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grillings
Literary usage of Grillings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1921)
"This was a kind of "third-degree" tribunal, and, through its official grillings,
the female fortune-tellers, La Voisin and La Vigoureux, with their poudre ..."
2. The Political Shame of Mexico by Edward I. Bell (1914)
"... than the advantages gained by political tactics, and the grillings of the
Finance Minister became a series of political and personal assaults. ..."
3. The Personality of American Cities by Edward Hungerford (1913)
"... flanking walls hiding the rich gardens from the sidewalk, save for a few
seductive glimpses through the well-wrought grillings of an occasional gateway. ..."
4. Class-room Method and Management by George Herbert Betts (1917)
"Beyond doubt many children are unintentionally driven into /ing and deceiving by
unwise grillings over minor misde- ..."
5. Nine Years on the North-west Frontier of India from 1854 to 1863 by Sydney Cotton (1868)
"he certainly had no ties in India, and nothing could be more unsatisfactory than
grillings in the torrid zone. The prospects of attaining rank, ..."
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