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Monday, January 1, 2001
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GRY - words ending in -gry
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angry
hungry
aggry - a glass bead found buried in the earth in Ghana.
puggry - a light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun.
meagry - of meager appearance.
mawgry - from Old French: being regarded with displeasure.
gry - a measure equal to one-tenth of a line.
Sources: Ann Landers column, 1/31/89
Internet Public Library which also quotes William Safire in "What's the Good Word (1982)
Webster's 2nd ed. Unabridged, p. 1109 (gry)
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