Meaning: This noun has two meanings. It refers to the climbing plant that grapes grow on, and also to an informal way in which information is shared in a group of people.
Origin: In use since the 14th Century to refer to the grape plant, from the Old French word vigne meaning vine, vineyard. Used to refer to rumour since the 19th Century, from the use of “grapevine telegraph” as “secret source of information and rumor in the American Civil War.
Usage: Grapevine has it that she’s quit her job.
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