grego

[ gree-goh, grey- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gre·gos.

a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.

Origin of grego¹

1740–50; perhaps < Portuguese (compare Spanish griego, Italian greco ) < Latin Graecus Greek

“I hope they stay hypothetical,” Victor Grego, in his office across the city, said out of the screen.

About this time tomorrow, it would be his own idea, with grudging recognition of a suggestion by Victor Grego.

Emmert, or Grego, or the two of them together, bribed those people to tell that story.

And here was Grego complaining that he couldn't go to the Eton and Harrow match.

Victor Grego crushed out his cigarette slowly and deliberately.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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