Definition of "grogram" [grog•ram]

• A coarse, often stiffened fabric made of silk, mohair, wool, or a blend of them. (noun)

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• "He then went away to sell a considerable parcel of tea and fine grogram, with which he bought two fine girls and a ship-boy, whom he took back to his own country, adoring Tien, and commending himself to Confucius."
• "Yerra, why would she bide with Sig Sloomysides or the grogram grey barnacle gander?"
• "It was a period of awful suspense betwixt the opening of the outward gate and that of the door of the apartment, when there appeared — no guard with bayonets fixed, or watch with clubs, bills, or partisans, but a good-looking young woman, with grogram petticoats, tucked up for trudging through the streets, and holding a lantern in her hand."