-
grogram, silk mohair, gros de
Tours or gros de Naples.
Grosgrain is both a
direct French loan word and a folk
corruption of the
French word
grogram....
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water is
attributed to Vernon. He was
known for
wearing coats made of
grogram cloth,
earning him the
nickname of "Old Grog",
which in turn came to mean...
- West
Indies on 21
August 1740.
Vernon wore a coat of
grogram cloth and was
nicknamed Old
Grogram or Old Grog. The Merriam–Webster
Collegiate Dictionary...
- men's
ration of rum to be
watered down. He was
called "Old
Grogram"
because he
often wore a
grogram coat, and the
watered rum came to be
called grog. Specific...
-
became known as grog. Many
believe the term was
coined in
honour of the
grogram cloak Admiral Vernon wore in
rough weather. The
Royal Navy
continued to...
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Wright as Miss.
Mitcham Hannah Jones as Mrs.
Didsome Una O'Connor as Mrs.
Grogram Alfred Hitch**** as man, with a
female companion,
walking along the street...
- of The
Prime Minister, the
former Liberal Attorney General, Sir
Gregory Grogram, is
finally given the position,
which he had
desired for some time. "King...
- 1740 by
Admiral Edward Vernon (known as Old Grog,
because of his
habitual grogram cloak). The
ration was
split into two servings, one
between 10 am and noon...
- granola, granular, granularity, granulate, granulation, granule, grenade,
grogram, grosgrain, ingrain, multigrain,
pomegranate grand-
grand Latin grandis...
- granular, granularity, granulate, granulation, granule, grenade, grenadier,
grogram, grosgrain, ingrain, multigrain,
pomegranate †granulum granul- grātus •...
