grommet
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[edit] Etymology
From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).
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[edit] Noun
grommet (plural grommets)
- A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
- (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
- What do you over the pond skaterboarders [sic] say? Is there a global term to be used to label someone as a skateboarder? Does it matter? I suppose the only one you can apply widely is ‘grommet’
- A circle formed of three-stranded rope.
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- (surfer, snowboarder): grom
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[edit] Translations
reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring
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young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder or snowboarder
[edit] References
Grommet in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
