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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡GREEM, v. To contort the face, used of a child twisting its face in an expression of joy or grief, to grin. Adj. greemie, smirking, smiling (Ork. 1930). Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Look at it lyan there greeman . . . greeman an' laughan i' the cradle.