groob

"Aye, that's roight, me joker; if ye say that I gits me groob whin I wants it, we'll be A1 friends an 'have no squalls atwane us," said my friend the boatswain as the Chinaman passed along the deck to the forward deck-house, entering the galley as if he knew the way well, Tim adding as he got out of hearing: "The ig'rant haythin, he nivir can spake me name roight; allers callin 'me ` looney,' jist as if I wor a blissid omahdawn loike himsilf!"

Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea William Heysham Overend 1874

"It vas goot, ja, and hart to leaf ze groob; but ze sheeps cannot wait, my mans; zo doomble oop dere!

The Island Treasure 1887