| 单词 | monkey rum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey rum monkey rum n. U.S. regional a spirit distilled from sorghum or sugar-cane syrup; (also Caribbean) home-brewed rum. ΚΠ 1919 Mixer & Server 28 49/1 Monkey rum, made from black-strap molasses, tomatoes, yeast and coloring matter, fermented and distilled, used generally in Southern Virginia, Eastern North Carolina and South Carolina. 1941 J. Daniels Tar Heels 255 Corn liquor and monkey rum (which in North Carolina was the distilled sirup of sorghum cane), were concoctions taken stoically..for the effect beyond the first fusel oil belch. 1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! 82/2 Monkey rum, home brewed rum. 1985 A. Wilkinson Moonshine 28 Moonshine made with molasses is called monkey rum. 2013 A. E. Sink On this Day Piedmont Triad Hist. x. 343 The term ‘monkey rum’ was derived from the similarity of the actions of those who imbibed to these of that hilarious animal. < as lemmas |
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