"grip-and-grin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grip-and-grins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grip-and-grin (plural grip-and-grins)
  1. (colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-grip-and-grin-en-noun-xaF3OW-0
  2. (colloquial) A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-grip-and-grin-en-noun-rxqIMxOI Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 71

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