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grogram

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grog·ram  (grgrm, grgrm)
n.
A coarse, often stiffened fabric made of silk, mohair, wool, or a blend of them.
[Alteration of French gros grain, coarse texture; see grosgrain.]
grogram [ˈgrɒgrəm]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a coarse fabric of silk, wool, or silk mixed with wool or mohair, often stiffened with gum, formerly used for clothing
[from French gros grain coarse grain; see grosgrain]
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Noun1.grogram - a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"


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Irwine before Bessy came up, "an excellent grogram gown and a piece of flannel.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Strike while the iron's hot, you know--while she's fresh to the town: in a few weeks some d--- fellow from the West End will come in with a title and a rotten rent-roll and cut all us City men out, as Lord Fitzrufus did last year with Miss Grogram, who was actually engaged to Podder, of Podder & Brown's.
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