grogram

I have just left the school, the Grogram School.

Grogram is a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or with mohair and often stiffened with gum.

While many believe the term was coined in honor of the grogram cloak Admiral Vernon wore in rough weather, the term predates his famous order.

The name "grog" probably came from the nickname of Admiral Vernon, who was known as "Old Grog" because he wore a grogram cloak.

Grosgrain is both a direct French loan word and a corruption of and folk adaptation of the French word Grogram.

Thus gros gram, grogram and grosgrain are all one and the same: a large grain hence coarse texture, thence a coarse-textured fabric.

Yerra, why would she bide with Sig Sloomysides or the grogram grey barnacle gander?

When a combination of fibers were used, the end result was sometimes given the name grogram, silk mohair, gros de Tours or gros de Napels.

Ye might spare me a bit o' this grogram to make clothes for the lad--ye war ne'er ill-natured, Bess; I ne'er said that on ye."

Vernon wore a coat of grogram cloth and was nicknamed Old Grogram or Old Grog.

This year's observance will begin with an afternoon children's grogram including songs and story-telling at the cathedral followed by an evening of music and dance and rituals of American Indians.

An' here, they'n gi'en you lots o' good grogram and flannel, as should ha' been gi'en by good rights to them as had the sense to keep away from such foolery.

In Gresham's final government at the end of The Prime Minister, the former Liberal Attorney General, Sir Gregory Grogram, is finally given the position, which he had desired for some time.

The rest of the Royal Navy rapidly followed Vernon's lead, supposedly calling the new drink "grog" after Vernon's nickname "Old Grog", attributed to his habitual wearing of a grogram coat.

"Here is the prize for the first sack-race," said Miss Lydia, taking a large parcel from the table where the prizes were laid and giving it to Mrs. Irwine before Bessy came up, "an excellent grogram gown and a piece of flannel."