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Meanings of grim humour in English

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Usage of grim humour in English
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A certain cynicism of mind and a grim humour complete the parallel.
The Great Boer War
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There was a confusion of regality, displeasure, and grim humour in her attitude.
Fortitude
3
He was supposed to take the piece of grim humour as a reassurance.
Bloom of Cactus
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With rude and sometimes grim humour our forefathers seem to have been delighted.
Nature Near London
5
She was blacker than any charwoman, she said with grim humour.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
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In some of them, despite the circumstances, I thought I saw a grim humour.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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The sight appealed to the grim humour of the manager.
The Man in the Twilight
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An expression of grim humour lurked in his face, and Sergius felt strangely uncomfortable.
The Lion's Brood
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When the skies cleared one evening, he reviled his malignant guardian with grim humour.
Roads of Destiny
10
Nahoum Pasha had also a rich sense of grim humour.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
11
Now there was no more grim humour nor raging round.
I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross
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Wit we have, and an abundance of grim humour, which evokes anything but mirth.
Some Private Views
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At Bertrand's quick start Max also smiled with grim humour.
The Rocks of Valpré
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And yet here and there the situation is not without a sort of grim humour.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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He felt, and was ashamed in feeling, that there was a grim humour in the situation.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 3.
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Yet-yet -Thegrim humour of the thing possessed me, and I sat back and laughed heartily.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
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