grego

American  

[gree-goh, grey-] / ˈgri goʊ, ˈgreɪ- /

noun

gregos plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• gregos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of grego

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

Example Sentences

So far, very good; but pray, tell me, White-Jacket, how do you propose keeping out the rain and the wet in this quilted grego of yours?

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman