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   groyne

   /ɡrɔɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a low wall or sturdy barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from dialect groin ‘snout’, from Old French groign, from late Latin grunium ‘pig's snout’, from Latin grunnire ‘to grunt’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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