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Definition of Gridirons
1. gridiron [v] - See also: gridiron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gridirons
Literary usage of Gridirons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1775)
"Never was in tin', merit of martyrdom fo multiplied, fo honoured, fo celebrated :
and thus much for gridirons. I never fee a broiled beef flake without ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1776)
"gridirons are met with in every -part of this building ; there are ... gridirons:
there are gridirons over the doors, gridirons in the yards, grid- . irons ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1904)
"... OF FLOATING DOCKS—PROCESS OF OVERHAULING—EQUIPMENT OF REPAIRING DOCKS —
DISTRIBUTION OF PRESSURE ON KEEL BLOCKS — DESCRIPTION OF gridirons AT LIVERPOOL, ..."
4. The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular ...by William Hone by William Hone (1839)
"There are gridirons over the doors, gridirons in the yards, gridirons in the
window», gridirons in the galleriet. Never was an instrument of martyrdom so ..."
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