grog

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

grogs

1.
(countable, uncountable)An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
2.
(Australia, New Zealand, broadly, countable, uncountable)(by extension, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic beverage.
3.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable)A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice [The Legacy], New York: William Morrow, Chapter 5, p. 138, Joe […] told them how he had been nailed up to be beaten, and they shouted another grog for him.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(ceramics) A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
Đồng nghĩa: chamotte, firesand

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

grogs

V_ing/Gerund

grogging

V_ed/pp

grogged

1.
(transitive)(transitive, ceramics) To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.
2.
(intransitive, slang)To drink alcohol.

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chamottefiresand

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Nguồn gốc từ

An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down.