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grog
[ grog ]
noun
- a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- any strong alcoholic drink.
- fired and crushed clay.
grog
/ ɡrɒɡ /
noun
- diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink
- informal.alcoholic drink in general, esp spirits
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grog1
C18: from Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684–1757), British admiral, who in 1740 issued naval rum diluted with water; his nickname arose from his grogram cloak
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Example Sentences
Herschbach recalls attending one party with a fire blazing in a courtyard and plenty of grog to go round.
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A good dinner solves many a difficulty, whilst the post-prandial cigar and a glass of grog, like faith, removes mountains.
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It fully explained his eccentricities, John reflected sagely, as he mixed himself a grog.
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Why, then, what I have to propose will be nothing to a man like you—you found the beef wholesome, and the grog mellow!
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He had been drinking much grog and his face was flushed and angry.
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I am neither a drinker of grog nor a gambler, and have suffered from him what I would suffer from no other man.
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