The word grog is short for “grogram,” a coarse fabric usually made of silk, mohair and wool. “Grog” is said to have Seen first used as a personal nick-, name for Admiral Vernon, who was known as “old Grog,” from his habit of wearing a grogram cloak. It was he, who, in I’4o, first ordered dilution of the sailor’s rum ration, and as a result the mixture became known as “grog.” The word “groggy,” meaning intoxicated, or unsteady, has the same derivation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 236, 5 October 1935, Page 13 (Supplement)
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