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Grammar : Noun
Spell : greyp-vahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn



Definition of grapevine

Origin :
  • 1736, from grape + vine. Meaning "rumor source" is 1862, U.S. Civil War slang for "telegraph wires."
  • noun vine
  • noun gossip
Example sentences :
  • The pioneers wrought as best they might on the Grapevine Bridge.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He folded the piece of carpet and laid it over the grapevine.
  • Extract from : « The Curlytops on Star Island » by Howard R. Garis
  • Before the grapevine swayed again, the Sparrows were far away.
  • Extract from : « Dooryard Stories » by Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • There is something in the north that is called “Grapevine telegraph.”
  • Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
  • On a tiny hillock was a small gallows with grapevine attachment.
  • Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary
  • On another occasion we found a nest in the top of a grapevine.
  • Extract from : « Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland » by William S. Thomas
  • Felix didn't make a grapevine rope, did he, and pull me up the cliff?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
  • The "grapevine telegraph" was an "institution" during the whole war.
  • Extract from : « Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 » by Jacob Dolson Cox
  • In the cities, almost every house may have a grapevine or two where nothing else would grow.
  • Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
  • And there he was, dangling on the end of the grapevine rope like an apple on a string.
  • Extract from : « Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail » by Howard R. Garis

Synonyms for grapevine

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