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Tourist - annoying visitor, who disrupts the lives of residents.
One theory on the origin of this wordis from the name of the famous Swiss clown, Grock, famous in the 60's. A resident of Torquay was said to have remarked that visitors resembled grockles, little Grocks, because of their boorishness and clownish behaviour.
The word in fact originated from a strip cartoon in the children's comic Dandy entitled 'Danny and his Grockle'. (The grockle was a magical dragon-like creature.) A local man had used the term as a nickname for a small elderly lady who was in Torquay one season. The term then became generalized as a term for summer visitors.
The term became popularized because of its use by the characters in the film The System (1962), which is set in the Devon resort of Torquay during the tourist season.
"Bloody Grockles and their caravans, always jamming up the Devon lanes!"

"The seagulls are a real problem because all the grockles feed 'em chips all summer."
grockle by Rich Pharo July 1, 2005

Grockle Tub 

A grockle tub is a derogatory term for a cruise liner.
That Grockle Tub has over 4000 passengers.
Grockle Tub by Lord Richards December 8, 2017
A holidaymaker, or one from out of town. Particularly used in the South of England, generally as a mildly derogatory term.
I wish those grockles would all go home, 'cos I can't find anywhere to park the car.
grockle by Darren Jones December 29, 2003

grokless 

Absolutely incapable of deeply understanding or having empathy for a particular topic or in general.
I tried to explain Windows files and folders to my mom, but she it totally grokless.
grokless by grpNiteroi September 25, 2009
A holiday maker, but one from outside the local vicinity, i.e. someone holidaying in Christchurch who's from Southampton isn't a grockle. Term used on the south coast and has spread eastwards, stopping at Southampton water. Most commonly heard in the solent town of Lymington where it's used as an insult towards ignorant and usually posh tourists, those with caravans, those with five kids, a dog and granddad tagging along and those that have been coming to the town for twenty years and think they know/own the place. Most commonly heard amongst fed-up shopworkers and working-class locals. Tends not to be applied to foreign tourists as these generally tend to be considerate people when travelling and don't make a nuisance of themselves.
"Heads up, grockle in the shop!"

"I want to take out these grockles with a sniper rifle."
grockle by I Love Tarquin November 13, 2007

grockle box 

"Iv just spent 3 hours stuck behind a f*cking grockle box on the B350"
grockle box by Andy March 31, 2008
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