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Definition of Grittier
1. gritty [adj] - See also: gritty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grittier
Literary usage of Grittier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
"... never heard of a child's doing a smarter, grittier thing—and J don't care if
she does hear me say so!" It was a great, a momentous, an historic moment ! ..."
2. The Life of Rutherford Birchard Hayes by Charles Richard Williams (1914)
"... property of the old-fashioned conservative Kentuckians will wake them up,
stiffen their sinews, give them backbone, and make grittier Union men of them. ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"It has a faint yellow tint, and is just a shade grittier than ordinary white flour.
It may, if thoroughly baked, be used to make scones, rusks, seed-cakes, ..."
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