grog

[ grog ]

noun

1. a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
2. any strong alcoholic drink.
3. fired and crushed clay.

grog

/ ɡrɒɡ /

noun

1. diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink
2. informal.
   alcoholic drink in general, esp spirits

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

1760–70; from Old Grog (alluding to his grogram cloak), the nickname of Edward Vernon (died 1757), British admiral, who in 1740 ordered the alcoholic mixture to be served, instead of pure spirits, to sailors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

C18: from Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684–1757), British admiral, who in 1740 issued naval rum diluted with water; his nickname arose from his grogram cloak

Example Sentences

Herschbach recalls attending one party with a fire blazing in a courtyard and plenty of grog to go round.

From The Daily Beast

A good dinner solves many a difficulty, whilst the post-prandial cigar and a glass of grog, like faith, removes mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

It fully explained his eccentricities, John reflected sagely, as he mixed himself a grog.

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Why, then, what I have to propose will be nothing to a man like you—you found the beef wholesome, and the grog mellow!

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He had been drinking much grog and his face was flushed and angry.

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I am neither a drinker of grog nor a gambler, and have suffered from him what I would suffer from no other man.

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