Gritter vs Grifter - What's the difference?
gritter | grifter |
A vehicle that applies grit to icy roads to improve traction
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A con man. Someone who pulls confidence games.
:1939 . "We're all grifters. So we sell each other out for a nickel". The Big Sleep .
:1958 . "That was the train the drunks and the sinners rodeāthe gambling men and the grifters, the big-time spenders, the skirt-chasers, and all the jolly crew". That Hell-Bound Train .
As nouns the difference between gritter and grifter
is that gritter is a vehicle that applies grit to icy roads to improve traction while grifter is a con man. Someone who pulls confidence games.gritter
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