1824 Lit. Chron. & Wkly Rev. (London) 22 May 335/2: All new comers in India are called Griffins, and they must be a twelvemonth and a day in the country, before they are considered free from the title, when they become Quie hies, Bombay Ducks, or whatever the term may be in the part of India they are situated.at duck, n.3
1824 Lit. Chron. (London) 22 May 335/2: All new comers in India are called Griffins, and they must be a twelvemonth and a day in the country, before they are considered free from the title.at griffin, n.1
1824 Lit. Chron. & Wkly Rev. (London) 22 May 335/2: [I]t is to be observed that different names are given in different parts of India, to those whose term of Griffinage has expired.at griffinage (n.) under griffin, n.1