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the groin (of Spain)
3. Nautical. the groin (of Spain) [an etymological perversion of the Spanish name Coruña] : a sailor's name for Corunna, a seaport on the N.W. of Spain. Obsolete.
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the groin (of Spain)1367
1367 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 112 Vocatur Le Groyne; est in mare ut rostrum porci, ubi intraverunt terram.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) i. 478 Here ys..wyn of gyldyr and of galles, þat made at þe groine, wyn of wyan and vernage, I seye also.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xx. 334 Betuix Cornwaill and Bretaynne He sayllyt, and left ye Grunȝe [1487 St. John's Cambr. grund] of Spainȝe On northalff him.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B ij b Did your Father die at the Groyne?
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Groyne, corruptly by the Tarrs for Coronna, a Seaport of Galicia.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 343 Press'd me earnestly not to go by Sea, but either to go by Land to the Groyne [etc.].
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