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Brewer's: Grimace
(2 syl.). Cotgrave says this word is from Grimacier, who was a celebrated carver of fantastic heads in Gothic architecture. This may be so, but our word comes direct from the French grimace; grimacier, one who makes wry faces.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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