grizzler dial. or colloq.
(ˈgrɪzlə(r))
[f. grizzle v.2 + -er1.]
One who frets or grumbles.
| 1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Grizzle v.1 2, If ever there was a grizzler she's the one. 1910 H. G. Wells Mr. Polly vi. 201 ‘I don't think I could abide a grizzler,’ said Uncle Pentstemon. 1924 ‘R. Dehan’ Pipers of Market Place xvi. 153 She who scorned the women who cried as ‘wimmickers’ and ‘grizzlers’. |