Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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GRIG
Construct:
Verb
Definition:
To tempt, to tantalise (in relation to children).
For instance, offering sweets but withdrawing them as the child reaches for them.
Use:
Don't be grigging the child.
Don't be tantalising the child.
Derivation:
From Irish 'Griogadh'. 'Na bà ag déanamh griogtha ar an leanbh leis - Don't ne tempting (grigging) the child with it.'
(Dinneen)
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