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gridles

gridles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gridle.

Meaning of gridle

Verb

gridle (third-person singular simple present gridles, present participle gridling, simple past and past participle gridled)

  1. To sing as a form of begging, especially to sing hymns badly with the aim of soliciting donations out of sympathy.
    • He also gridled sacred hymns in the streets, and sung sporting songs in the alehouses.1908, W. H. Davies, chapter 31, in The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

Questions about gridles

What is gridles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gridles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gridle.

Words near gridles in the dictionary

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

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