单词 | rum and coke |
释义 | > as lemmasrum and coke a. In names of various mixed drinks, as rum and black, rum and coke, rum and milk, etc. ΚΠ 1750 Proc. Old Bailey 12 Sept. 119/2 They call'd for a quartern of rum and milk;..I went to bed, they staid drinking their liquor. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Calibogus, rum and spruce beer, American beverage. 1824 Times 5 Apr. 2/5 He put up at a little inn, smoked his pipe in the kitchen, and recreated himself with ale at night, and rum and milk in the morning. 1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career xii. 146 As he could not afford brandy and soda—his favourite beverage—he indulged in rum and ginger-beer. 1907 Metrop. Mag. June 366 He walked swiftly to the town and stopped only long enough to drink three high-balls of rum and cola. 1938 Washington Afro-Amer. 10 Sept. 14/4 He..likes to give large beach parties, then take the whole she-bang back to his thatched-roof patio for midnight rum and cokes. 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 6 Give me a rum and pep. 1990 Atlantic Jan. 21 (advt.) If we flat-out claimed that rum and tonic makes a better drink than vodka and tonic, you'd think we were biased. 1996 R. Doyle Woman who walked into Doors xxi. 139 A rum and black appeared in front of me; they knew what I'd want. 2006 Saltscapes (Canada) May–June 34/2 [She] serves draft beer and rum-and-cokes to homesick Newfoundlanders during the regular Sunday afternoon singalongs. < as lemmas |
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