There is no @groupby macro. .
I guess you want the following?
julia> combine(groupby(check, [:a, :b]), :c => Ref ∘ unique => :ccat)
2×3 DataFrame
Row │ a b ccat
│ Int64 String Array…
─────┼───────────────────────
1 │ 1 a [0]
2 │ 2 b [1, 0]