griffin

, or griff.

A name given to Europeans during the first year of their arrival in India; it has become a general term for an inexperienced youngster.

← griff × grig →

Griffin
·noun ·Alt. of <<Griffon>>. II. Griffin ·noun An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from E...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Griffin, Bartholomew?
(fl. 1596) Poet, of whom almost nothing is known, pub. in 1596 a collection of 62 sonnets under the...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Griffin, Gerald
(1803-1840) Dramatist, novelist, and poet, s. of a tradesman, b. and ed. in Limerick, he went in 18...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Griffin Yard
North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). The...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Golden Griffin Yard
North out of Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, at No. 19 (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. Name d...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Three Griffin Yard
In Aldgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.