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grip
noun- a small suitcase US, 1879
A shortened form of “gripsack”. - I drove my car down the alley in back of his uplace and he lowered his grips into the rumble seat with the aid of a clothesline[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 129, 1946
- I got clean, put my riding habit in a grip and went to Artie’s beat up wheel and pulled around in front of Robin’s place and parked. — A. S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 110, 1973
- money US, 1993
- He gonna go out and try to get a grip for his sisters and brothers. — Leon Bing, Do or Die, p. 219, 1991
- — Washingnton Post, 14 October 1993
- Goddamn powder cost me a grip. — John Ridley, Everybody Smokes in Hell, p. 39, 1999
- a large amount US, 1997
- Before I went to jail I had a grip of money[.] — Yusuf Jah, Uprising, p. 28, 1995
- — Judi Sanders, Da Bomb!, p. 13, 1997
- — Jim Goad, Jim Goad’s Glossary of Northwestern Prison Slang, December 2001
- a photograph ANTARCTICA
- — Cool Antarctica, 2003: “Antarctic slang”
▶ get a grip
to get control of your emotions and actions US, 1971- BRIDGET: Eric, will you please get a grip? ERIC: Fine, I’ve got a grip! Now I want an explanation! — 200 Cigarettes, 1999
- The arts council was warned to “get a grip” last night as a report revealed that 13 of the 15 main lottery-funded building projects it backed were over-budget. — The Guardian, 2 May 2003
- Damn it, get a grip. This is about Doug, and that’s all. — Reed Arvin, The Last Goodbye, p. 91, 2004
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