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• n  a person who grins

• There are the early 18th century "gurning" competitions of York- shire ("The frightfull'st grinner Be the winner") and the various cosmetic condiments that have accompanied the .
• A man who will advise the Prime Minister how to wangle such details is his principal Private Secretary, Sir Robert Vansittart, keen, suave, an engaging grinner and, when not .