grimgribber

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: technical jargon (as of legal matters)

Word History

Etymology

from Grimgribber, an imaginary estate subject of a legal discussion in the play Conscious Lovers (1722) by Sir Richard Steele †1729 British essayist and dramatist

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