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As merry as a grig
Stone grig
As merry as a grig
etymology uncertain
, a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of "As merry as a Greek; " by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.
Webster 1913
Stone grig
(Zoöl.)
, the mud lamprey, or pride.
Webster 1913