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Some etymologies (AHD for one) take grapple back to a small grape (hook) (and somehow grapes grow on hooks - blame those Old French people). Champagne grapes are probably about the size you're talking about 1-2mm (oddly, champagne grapes are not the grapes used to make champagne).
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). Champagne grapes are probably about the size you're talking about 1-2mm (oddly, champagne grapes are not the grapes used to make champagne).