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He can girn a laugh as well 's onybody at a raight divil's jest.
But I would not dream of doing that since it would be almost as childish as Salmond's girns.
It is the stories of these lesser known characters that Girns is trying to tell through their games.
He may / respond to that, as to other electrodes" (VII); "The man / is old; it is more than age he girns for / [...] / He is knackered and there are no / schemes to revive him" (IX).
The left -wing Mr Canavan is in that well-worn word a maverick who girns and whines in favour of his favourite causes.
That caused yowls and howls, groans and girns until Euan Norris finally put them out of their misery with the final blast of his whistle.
''Boys are the biggest girns you will ever come across, '' says Glasgow-based gender psychologist Dr Jack Boyle, adding: ''But rather than being made to feel ashamed, they should be encouraged to express their feelings and fears.''