Grockle (noun)
grok-el
A holidaymaker, especially one visiting a resort in Devon or Cornwall.
An invented word, originally a fantastic creature in a children’s comic, adopted arbitrarily and popularized by the film The System (1964).
Example sentences
“You can tell they are grockles by the way they’re dressed!”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
