grapevine
[greyp-vahyn]
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Origin of grapevine
Grapevine
[greyp-vahyn]
- a town in N Texas.
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Examples from the Web for grapevine
Contemporary Examples
The grapevine and the international media were alight with the buzz of the student killed by the police during the demonstration.
Prince Harry has heard on the grapevine that UK pop star Cheryl Cole has a crush on him - and finds it pretty funny.
Every Afghan will know, through radio and the grapevine, the news that Americans burned the Quran.
“I had heard that just from the grapevine so I went and asked her,” Morgan recalls.
Through the grapevine I hear of Dick, a 35-year old attorney in Los Angeles.
Historical Examples
The pioneers wrought as best they might on the Grapevine Bridge.
The Long RollMary Johnston
He folded the piece of carpet and laid it over the grapevine.
The Curlytops on Star IslandHoward R. Garis
Before the grapevine swayed again, the Sparrows were far away.
Dooryard StoriesClara Dillingham Pierson
There is something in the north that is called “Grapevine telegraph.”
The Shadow PassesRoy J. Snell
On a tiny hillock was a small gallows with grapevine attachment.
Dixie After the WarMyrta Lockett Avary
grapevine
- any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae
- informal an unofficial means of relaying information, esp from person to person
- a wrestling hold in which a wrestler entwines his own leg around his opponent's and exerts pressure against various joints
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Word Origin and History for grapevine
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