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noun
1.
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
2.
any strong alcoholic drink.
3.
fired and crushed clay.
Origin:
1760–70; from Old Grog (alluding to his grogram cloak), the nickname of Edward Vernon (died 1757), British admiral, who in 1740 ordered the alcoholic mixture to be served, instead of pure spirits, to sailors.
1760–70; from Old Grog (alluding to his grogram cloak), the nickname of Edward Vernon (died 1757), British admiral, who in 1740 ordered the alcoholic mixture to be served, instead of pure spirits, to sailors.
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Grog
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grog
1770 (implied in groggy "intoxicated"), supposedly an allusion to Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684-1757), British admiral who wore a grogram (q.v.) cloak and who in August 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be diluted. George Washington's older half-brother Lawrence
EXPANDserved under Vernon in the Carribean and renamed the family's Hunting Creek Plantation in Virginia for him in 1740, calling it Mount Vernon.
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grog definition[grɑg]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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