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gridler

gridler noun: one who gridles (sings as a form of begging).

Noun

gridler (plural gridlers)

  1. One who gridles (sings as a form of begging).
    • Professional singers are paid according to the richness, sweetness, and compass of their voices, but the gridler's profit increases as his vocal powers decline.1908, W. H. Davies, chapter 31, in The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
    • The consequence was that the gridler proposed they should work together. Davies consented, although he did not yet know what the work might be.1934, Thomas Moult, W. H. Davies, page 61

Forms of gridler

pluralgridlers

Origin of gridler

From gridle + -er.

Questions about gridler

What does gridler mean?
Gridler means one who gridles (sings as a form of begging).
What part of speech is gridler?
Gridler is a noun.
What is the plural of gridler?
The plural of gridler is gridlers.

Words near gridler in the dictionary

  1. gridironers
  2. gridironing
  3. gridirons
  4. gridle
  5. gridled
  6. gridler
  7. gridlers
  8. gridles
  9. gridless
  10. gridlessness
  11. Gridley

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