Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Six-water grog
subs. phr. (nautical).—Six of water to one of spirit.
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1833. MARRYAT, Peter Simple, II. xvi. Take care I don’t send for another helmsman, that’s all, and give the reason why. You’ll make a wry face upon SIX-WATER GROG, to-morrow, at seven bells.
