Definition of "grigs" [grigs]

• Plural form of grig. (noun)

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• "All we know is this: that eels never reproduce in fresh water; that a certain number of adults descend the rivers to the sea, irregularly, during the winter months; and that some of these must presumably spawn with the utmost circumspection in brackish water or in the deep sea, for in the course of the summer myriads of young eels, commonly called grigs, and proverbial for their merriment, ascend the rivers in enormous bodies, and enter every smaller or larger tributary."
• "One moment they're about, as merry as grigs, and all's as well as could be, and the next they've rolled over and started drumming their heels."
• "Charley and I intend to be as merry as grigs there."