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grindle
[ grin-dl ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grindle1
1700–10, Americanism; < German Gründel, diminutive of Grund ground, bottom
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Example Sentences
The name would have a parallel in the Modern English grindle, grundel, German grundel, a fish haunting the bottom of the water.
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I have talked with Dr. Grindle this morning, and he encouraged me to believe that Roy would come through all right.
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After which he hastily told Cooper what they had learned from Dr. Grindle.
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From it, probably, is derived the surname Grindle, Grindall (Bardsley).
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Having reduced Mrs. Grindle to affableness, Mr. Lovely turned his smile towards the Beau.
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