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Postum orig. U.S.|ˈpəʊstəm|
Also postum.
[Pseudo-Lat. formation f. the name of Charles William Post (see Post Toasties) + L. -um.]
The proprietary name of a coffee substitute. Also attrib.
1895Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Dec. 1549/1, 27,402 Food Drinks. Postum Cereal Co., Limited, Battle Creek, Mich. Filed Oct. 7, 1895 Postum Cereal. Used since February 1895. 1912[see instant a. 4 c]. 1922Hotel World 15 Apr. 15/2 Choice of Coffee, Tea, Milk, Postum, Cocoa. 1962Flight Internat. LXXXI. 871/1 Carpenter drank normal coffee instead of postum. 1967Listener 21 Sept. 370/1 His frugal breakfast—perhaps a cup of Postum coffee and some biscuits. 1977New Yorker 20 June 67/1, I will have a drink of Postum or coffee. 1978J. Carroll Mortal Friends v. vi. 572 None of that cappuccino stuff, Jack... See if they have Postum, will you?.. Well, lace it with a lot of milk, will you? Make it like American. |