grego

[ gree-goh, grey- ]

/ ˈgri goʊ, ˈgreɪ- /

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noun, plural gre·gos.

a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.

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Origin of grego

1740–50; perhaps <Portuguese (compare Spanish griego,Italian greco) <Latin GraecusGreek

“I hope they stay hypothetical,” Victor Grego, in his office across the city, said out of the screen.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper
About this time tomorrow, it would be his own idea, with grudging recognition of a suggestion by Victor Grego.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper
Emmert, or Grego, or the two of them together, bribed those people to tell that story.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper
And here was Grego complaining that he couldn't go to the Eton and Harrow match.
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley

Victor Grego crushed out his cigarette slowly and deliberately.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper