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Griffe   Listen
noun
Griffe  n.  
1.
The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. (Local, U. S.)
2.
A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood.





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"Griffe" Quotes from Famous Books



... mulatto; terceron[obs3], quarteron[obs3], quinteron &c.[obs3];.quadroon, octoroon; griffo[obs3], zambo[obs3]; cafuzo[obs3]; Eurasian; fustee[obs3], fustie[obs3]; griffe, ladino[obs3], marabou, mestee[obs3], mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule[obs3][U. S.]; catalo[obs3]; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... enfants, approchez, Approchez; je suis sourd, les ans en sont la cause." L'un et l'autre approcha, ne craignant nulle chose. Aussitt qu' porte il vit les contestants, Grippeminaud, le bon aptre, Jetant des deux cts la griffe en mme temps, Mit les plaideurs d'accord en croquant l'un ...
— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet
... this soulful appeal was engrossed, in a woful mixture of blue and purple inks: "Ye habbit maketh mone over hys sore griffe and mightylie beseacheth the ladye yt she graunt hym ye lone of her hoosband ...
— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson


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