griffe
/grif/US // grɪf //UK // (ɡrɪf) //
办理,柄,搬运,柄状物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chiefly Louisiana.
- : the offspring of a Black person and a mulatto.
- : a person of mixed Black and American Indian ancestry.
- : a mulatto, especially a woman.
Examples
The nurse, a comfortable looking Griffe woman in white apron and cap, was urging her to return to her bedroom.
I longed to interpose with a warning word, for in the handwriting I recognized the griffe of the fatal Delilah.
Monsieur only goes away to wait upon the griffe, his master, when he wants more work; his griffe is a slop tailor.
There was a flash of light, and I saw a great griffe standing there, looking at me curiously.
But the griffe rudely jerked me to my feet again, and told me, I suppose, that I was to accompany him.
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