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单词 demon rum
释义

demon rum

noun

US, old fashioned + humorous
: alcoholic drink : alcohol
It's not like alcohol is some benign entity. The devastation wrought by demon rum has been well-documented for decades, yet no one suggests a return of Prohibition. Teresa Keegan, Denver Post, 5 May 2013
sometimes used with the
… this "Gay Nineties Melodrama" offers up all the elements of an old-fashioned barnstormer, from an innocent country girl heroine named Nellie to a despicable viper named Munro Murgatroyd, who … drives stalwart hero Adam Oakhart to the demon rum. Tom Chesek, Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, 9 Mar. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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