Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Griffin

A cadet newly arrived in India, half English and half Indian.

Griffins,
the residue of a contract feast, taken away by the contractor, half the buyer's and half the seller's.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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