grog (gr g)n. An alcoholic liquor, especially rum diluted with water. [After Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684-1757), British admiral who ordered that diluted rum be served to his sailors, from grogram (from his habit of wearing a grogram cloak).] |
grog [grɒg]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Informal chiefly Austral and NZ alcoholic drink in general, esp spirits
[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]
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| Noun | 1. |  grog - rum cut with water rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses |
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