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griffinage Anglo-Indian.|ˈgrɪfɪnɪdʒ|
[f. griffin2 + -age.]
The state of being a ‘griffin’; one's first year in India.
1829Bengalee 122 Subscription pack, Champagne tiffin parties, and other first claims on the griffinage of a civilian. 1840E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports For. Lands II. vi. 197 A large detachment of recruits, who, like myself, all in their griffinage, had but lately landed at Madras. 1878G. P. Sanderson Wild Beasts Ind. xxii. 214 In the days of our griffinage. |
