Lexicographical Neighbors of Girnie
Literary usage of Girnie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany by Walter Rye (1906)
"623) girnie or Gorney, gibbie sb peevish, ill-tempered, fretful, eg, "have you
got over all ... young girnie ..."
2. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"The ancient quoad civilia parish by chiefly along both banks of the lower half
of the Gairn'* course, but included also a small tract, called Strath- girnie ..."
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