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!”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
