10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRICER»
Discover the use of
gricer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gricer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jack the Station Cat and the Great Little Trains Robbery
Tail's End Station, the home of Jack the Station Cat, is 100 years old. Mr Parker, the Station Master, is planning a special birthday celebration. The Gricer and his gang want to spoil the fun. Can Jack and his friends defeat the villains?
2
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
... that this word comes from a humorous pronunciation of grouse, making the
connection between the supposed resemblance of train-spotting to grouse-
shooting. The verb grice and the noun gricing are back-formations from gricer.
voracity.
3
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[Origin uncertain: variously associated with grouse-shooting (likened to train-
spotting), Gricer as a surname, etc., but no suggestion has yet been proven.] grid
noun Abicycle. 1922–. COAST TO COAST 1942 'I'll walk and wheel the bike, and
if ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
4
Martyrologia; or, Records of religious persecution, a new ...
First, then, he summoned to his bar a citizen, George Gricer, in whose house a
congregation met, and accused him of having forsaken the Roman Catholic faith
which the kingdom of Poland had lately received,* adhered to a certain sect of ...
John Sundins Stamp, John Foxe, William Harris Rule, 1851
Nuneaton Rly Circle. Chilvers Coton Con. Quo. Bridge St, Nuneaton. 20.00.
Trans- Fnta traction in the '80s' (illus): Derek tintnss. Adm: £1.20, oap 80p, child
60p. RCTS Bngnthelm Centre, North Rd, Bngrtoi. 19.30. Gricer's dream': I Young.
Sli.
6
Cafeteria Guide to Customer Service
Shredded cheese is also a very attractive garnish. lf a gricer or a gricer
attachment for a mixer is available, a #1 gricer plate should be used for coarse
and a #3 gricer plate for fine shredding. Keep this shredded cheese refrigerated
at all times.
McCrory Corporation, 1973
7
Trójumanna saga: the Dares Phrygius version
18 peirra, + superfluous lide A. 19 maettu — og] 4- C. Gricer nu] nu Gricker B. 21
lata— og1] 4- C. halldast] -rB. pa or J>6 A] p5 B; p6 C. 24 laegra] minne B;
laegreC. 26enn]ocBC. leggia] logdu BC. elld, + samann (cancelled) A. 27-1 med
...
Dares (Phrygius.), Jonna Louis-Jensen, 1981
8
I Never Knew There Was a Word For It
GRICER'S. DAUGHTER. Let's. not forget those who are happy just to watch.
Trainspotters may be mocked by the outside world, but they don't take criticism
lying down: the language of gricing is notable for its acidic descriptions of
outsiders.
Adam Jacot de Boinod, 2010
9
Penguin Book of Indian Journeys
At Sanchi I met an English gricer (train spotter) who collected platform tickets.
Thanks to his enthusiasm, I had another dimension of railway history opened for
me. Incidentally, though main line trains do not normally stop at Sanchi, there is ...
10
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
... who maintained a fund for that purpose. gribble, v. The action of sheep on
moorland, 'gribbling across the hillside': shooting coll.: later C.20. ?a blend of
graze + nibble.(P.B) grice or gricer. An engine-spotter: railway enthusiasts': later
C.20.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRICER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gricer is used in the context of the following news items.
Too lazy to boil an egg? Just add water to this pre-cooked egg and …
Picture: The Gricer Channel, via YouTube Source: Supplied. IS this the strangest time-saving idea ever? A British firm has decided boiling an ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 13»
Spies of Warsaw, BBC Four
No doubt, though, some railway gricer will point out that locomotives with the wheel configuration 4-6-0 never ran between Warsaw and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 13»
Kitsound Earmuff Headphones £9.99 Deal
Neither am I a “Gricer” or several other of the interests under the overall interest in Railways. However I am interested in some other aspects of ... «TameBay, Dec 12»
East Anglia: Bittern by North Norfolk's charms
What's the difference between a twitcher and a gricer? Answer: not much. One spots birds and the other spots trains. Unfortunately there's not ... «The Independent, Apr 11»
