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grindylows

grindylows is the plural of grindylow.

Meaning of grindylow

Noun

grindylow (plural grindylows)

  1. (UK) A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.

Questions about grindylows

What is grindylows the plural of?
Grindylows is the plural of grindylow.

Words near grindylows in the dictionary

  1. grindster
  2. grindstone
  3. grindstones
  4. grindy
  5. grindylow
  6. grindylows
  7. Grine
  8. Griner
  9. Griners
  10. Grines
  11. grinfuck

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