Old Grog

nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon

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A simple ingredient-and-drink still life: a bottle marked RUM, a clear water carafe, and a plain glass mug containing pale amber watered rum.

noun

grog

GRAHG/ɡrɑːɡ/

An alcoholic drink, especially rum mixed with water.

Etymology

grogEnglishnickname of Admiral Edward Vernon

The drink supposedly takes its name from “Old Grog,” an admiral nicknamed for his grogram cloak who ordered sailors’ rum diluted with water. The term later broadened to strong alcoholic drink generally.

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