grabowski
grabowski noun: a determined and hardworking person.
Noun
grabowski (plural grabowskis)
- A determined and hardworking person.
- If Ditka called you a grabowski, it was a high compliment. It meant you were a good guy, you worked hard and you were loyal.2015 September 2, “If Every State Had Its Own Word, Illinois' Would Be... Grabowski?”, in CBS News
- "Grabowski" is still a word used to describe the idea of the white, ethnic, lunch-pail worker, a relic of Chicago's past[…]2019 September 4, Jon Greenberg, “Chicago is still full of Grabowskis, but only one roots for the Bears and the Packers”, in The New York Times
Proper noun capitalized: Grabowski
Grabowski (plural Grabowskis)
- A surname from Polish.
Forms of grabowski
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grabowskis |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Grabowskis |
Origin of grabowski
From Grabowski, which is borrowed from Polish Grabowski. The slang word grabowski was popularized by Mike Ditka calling the Chicago Bears "Grabowskis", combined with Chicago's large working-class Polish population.
Borrowed from Polish Grabowski.
Questions about grabowski
- What does grabowski mean?
- Grabowski means a determined and hardworking person.
- What part of speech is grabowski?
- Grabowski can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of grabowski?
- The plural of grabowski is grabowskis.
Words near grabowski in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grabowski (page history and authors); Grabowski (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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