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单词 grockle
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Definition of grockle in English:

grockle

noun ˈɡrɒk(ə)l
British derogatory, informal

  • A holidaymaker, especially one visiting a resort in Devon or Cornwall.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was a time when you'd go out on a Saturday morning shortly before Easter to do a bit of shopping in town and discover that, all of a sudden, the grockles had arrived and the new holiday season with them.
    • Everything's damp and miserable out there, not least the grockles [holiday makers].
    • These grockles are the least professional of holiday-makers.
    • Ah well, the grockles will be here again soon, bringing foreign and cosmopolitan ways with them.
    • The grockles have descended upon Somerset with a vengeance today, in readiness for the four-day holiday weekend.
    Synonyms
    tourist, traveller, holidaymaker, day tripper, tripper, sightseer, globetrotter, jet-setter, backpacker, voyager, tourer, explorer, pilgrim

Origin

An invented word, originally a fantastic creature in a children's comic, adopted arbitrarily and popularized by the film The System (1964).

Rhymes

cockle
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