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Definition of Gurning
1. gurn [v] - See also: gurn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurning
| gurls gurly gurmies gurmy gurn gurnard gurnards gurned gurner gurners | gurnet gurnets gurney gurneys gurniad gurning (current term) gurns gurrah gurrahs gurrier | gurriers gurries gurrnki gurrnkis gurry gurs gursh gurshes |
Literary usage of Gurning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"A man may apprehend and comprehend with difficulty, but may have "plenty o'
gumption abart him" nevertheless. GURN. To grin. " What's tub gurning at ? ..."
2. Lake District by Norman Buckley (2004)
"Most unusual is the World gurning Championship, in which contestants pull ugly
faces through a horse collar. Street market each Friday. ..."
3. Wood's Collyer on the Law of Partnership by John Collyer, Horace Gay Wood (1878)
"227 ; Bryson v. Tim 13 Ves. 397. See as to some on behalf, • Blain v. Agar, 2 Sim.
289 ; Beeching gurning to be corporations, ..."
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