gridle

English

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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.
   • 1908, W. H. Davies, chapter 31, in The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp:

     He also gridled sacred hymns in the streets, and sung sporting songs in the alehouses.

Derived terms

• gridler

Anagrams

• Dilger, Gilder, gilder, girdle, girled, glider, regild, ridgel