girning

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• girning —  , girning, gurning    The competitive making of grotesque faces, usually with the face framed by a horse collar. It was previously popular at many fairs and other gatherings, but gurning s only surviving traditional venue appears to be at… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• girning — s ( en) …   Clue 9 Svensk Ordbok

• gurning —  , girning, gurning    The competitive making of grotesque faces, usually with the face framed by a horse collar. It was previously popular at many fairs and other gatherings, but gurning s only surviving traditional venue appears to be at… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Bud Neill — (1911 ndash;1970) was an innovative Scottish cartoonist who drew cartoon strips for a number of Glasgow based newspapers between the 1940s and 1960s. Following his death, his work has attained cult status with a worldwide following. Early… …   Wikipedia

• gurning — noun variant of girning …   Wiktionary

• girn — Verb. To complain, to moan, to whinge. E.g. If you don t stop girning we won t go to the cinema and you can go to bed early. Also gurn . Scottish use …   English slang and colloquialisms