a drink consisting of rum, sugar, and water, typically served hot; cf. grog, n.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > rum > [noun] > rum and water (5) rum and water?1750 a drink consisting of rum, sugar, and water, typically served hot; cf. grog, n. seven-water grog1834 a drink consisting of seven parts of water to one of spirit, typically rum; (more loosely) a drink of an extremely diluted spirit. sou'-wester1848 Nautical. (See quot. 1848, and cf. nor'-wester, n. 4.) mainsheet1873 Jamaican slang. A drink of rum and water. Obsolete. bubbly1902 Navy slang. Rum mixed with water; grog. Also: undiluted rum. Cf. bubbly water n. (a) at compounds. Now disused. |
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