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grinned like a mule eating briars

grinned like a mule eating briars is the simple past and past participle of grin like a mule eating briars.

Meaning of grin like a mule eating briars

Verb

grin like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present grins like a mule eating briars, present participle grinning like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle grinned like a mule eating briars)

  1. (US, colloquial, simile) To grin very widely.

Questions about grinned like a mule eating briars

What is grinned like a mule eating briars the simple past and past participle of?
Grinned like a mule eating briars is the simple past and past participle of grin like a mule eating briars.

Words near grinned like a mule eating briars in the dictionary

  1. Grinnall
  2. grinned
  3. grinned and bore it
  4. grinned and borne it
  5. grinned from ear to ear
  6. grinned like a mule eating briars
  7. Grinnell
  8. Grinnells
  9. grinner
  10. grinners
  11. grinnest

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