Grime vs Gryme - What's the difference?
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Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
To begrime; to cake with dirt
* {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Edwin Waugh, title=Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine, chapter=, edition=
, passage=All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Harold Bindloss, title=Lister's Great Adventure, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Harold Bindloss, title=The Buccaneer Farmer, chapter=, edition=
, passage=His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.}}
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Gryme is a alternative form of grime.
As proper nouns the difference between grime and gryme
is that grime is {{surname|A=An|English}}, probably derived from Old Norse grimr or grimmrGryme is {{surname|A=An|English}}, probably derived from Old Norse grimr or grimmrAs a noun grime
is dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.As a verb grime
is to begrime; to cake with dirt.grime
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(wikipedia grime)Noun
(-)citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime .}}
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