gris-gris

Definitions

Examples

• It is true that Saint Francis was ceint by a hempen girdle, and, moreover, was clad in a habit of gris.

• The question has frequently been asked who was intended by the cognomen Saint Gris?

• Monsieur Vidocq calls a horse gres—this again is a gipsy word—gras, gre, graste, and gris.

• Mais le ciel gris est plein de tristesse clineinffablement douce aux curs chargs d'ennuis.

• He said to Noll casually, one day: "The 'gris will make this a fat cruise, sir."