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‖ grego|ˈgreɪgəʊ|
Also 8 grieko.
[a. some Rom. form of L. Græcus Greek a.; cf. Sp. griego, Pg. grego, It. greco.]
A coarse jacket with a hood, worn in the Levant. Also slang, a rough great-coat.
1747Adv. Kidnapped Orphan 54 Manly..lent him a warm Grego, or long jacket lined with fur. 1768J. Byron Narr. Patagonia (ed. 2) 151 All my cloaths consisted of an old short grieko, which is something like a bearskin. 1809Naval Chron. XXI. 215 They wear..a grego, or thick shaggy great coat, with a hood. 1825C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 175 A good grego in a winter's watch. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xix, Their gregos, or night great⁓coats with hoods. 1840― Poor Jack xxxviii, The..men..had lain down in their gregos and pilot-jackets.
attrib.1851H. Melville Whale iii. 25 He takes about a double handful of shavings out of his grego pocket. |