girdled

Example Sentences

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"A job that I mean to finish, you young rascal!" girned Mr. Hockheimer gruffly.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela

Man, a' 've often girned that he sud fecht awa' for us a', and maybe dee before he kent that he had githered mair luve than ony man in the Glen.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Later on in the day, after we had had a meal, he sat at the passage-way and eyed us, and the dog girned and showed his teeth.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John