grog
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++grog /ɡrɒɡ $ ɡrɑːɡ/ noun [uncountable] 1. DFDa strong alcoholic drink, especially rum mixed with water 格罗格酒〔尤指掺水朗姆酒〕2. informalDFD any alcoholic drink 酒
Examples from the Corpus
grog• Small fragments of pot are also added-known as grog.• The material which can be identified with some confidence as having been added deliberately is grog.• His frantic re-reading of Dickens had revealed numerous mentions of grog.Origin grog (1700-1800) Old Grog, a name given (because he wore a coat of grogram, a type of rough cloth) to Edward Vernon, the 18th-century British navy officer who started the practice of giving sailors rum and water to drinkgrog nounChinese
Corpus alcoholic rum a drink, mixed especially strong
grog
grog /ɡrɒɡ $ ɡrɑːɡ/
noun [uncountable]
2. informal any alcoholic drink
grog /ɡrɒɡ $ ɡrɑːɡ/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Old Grog, a name given (because he wore a coat of grogram, a type of rough cloth) to Edward Vernon, the 18th-century British navy officer who started the practice of giving sailors rum and water to drink
1. a strong alcoholic drink, especially rum mixed with waterOrigin: Old Grog, a name given (because he wore a coat of grogram, a type of rough cloth) to Edward Vernon, the 18th-century British navy officer who started the practice of giving sailors rum and water to drink
2. informal any alcoholic drink