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grig

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

grign. [Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.].
  •  A cricket or grasshopper.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Heath.  Audrey.  [1913 Webster]
As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grig, n.
1 a small eel.
2 a grasshopper or cricket.

Idiom
merry (or lively) as a grig full of fun; extravagantly lively.
Etymology
ME, orig. = dwarf: orig. unkn.

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