Small half-Thai girl is eating an iced lolly in a play area one evening but the ice is so cold it makes her pull a face

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A gurn is a distorted facial expression, and a verb to describe the action. A typical gurn might involve projecting the lower jaw as far forward and up as possible, and covering the upper lip with the lower lip. The English Dialect Dictionary, compiled by Joseph Wright, defines the word gurn as 'to snarl as a dog; to look savage; to distort the countenance', while the Oxford English Dictionary suggests the derivation may originally be Scottish, related to 'grin'. In Northern Ireland the verb 'gurn' means, 'to cry', hence crying in Northern Ireland is often called gurnin

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Location: Walton Gardens Warrington Cheshire England
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