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grog definition

grog (gräg)

noun

  1. an alcoholic liquor, esp. rum, diluted with water
  2. any alcoholic liquor

Etymology: after Old Grog, nickname of Brit Admiral E. Vernon (1684-1757), who ordered the sailors' rum to be diluted: so called because he wore a grogram cloak

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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