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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 173432, member: 54"]Had to look up a word:</p><p><br /></p><p>Quote fm Google-'<b>Grockle</b>' is an informal and often slightly derogatory term for a tourist. It was first popularized because of its use by the characters in the film The System (1964), which is set in the Devon resort of Torquay during the summer season. Some older dictionaries suggested that it might be a West Country dialect word.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 173432, member: 54"]Had to look up a word: Quote fm Google-'[B]Grockle[/B]' is an informal and often slightly derogatory term for a tourist. It was first popularized because of its use by the characters in the film The System (1964), which is set in the Devon resort of Torquay during the summer season. Some older dictionaries suggested that it might be a West Country dialect word.[/QUOTE]
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