griggles, n. pl.
(ˈgrɪg(ə)lz)
[cf. grig n.1]
Small apples left on the tree by the gatherer. Hence ˈgriggling vbl. n., collecting ‘griggles’.
| 1826 in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1270 The small apples are called griggles... Climbing boys..commence griggling. Ibid. 1271 Their griggling perambulations. 1847 Halliwell, Griggles, small apples. In some cyder counties, boys who collect these after the principal ones are gathered, call it griggling. 1893 in Wilts. Gloss. |