n. 1 a spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses. 2 US intoxicating liquor. rum baba see BABA.
[ 17th c.: perh. abbr. of contemporary forms rumbullion, rumbustion, of unkn. orig. ]
n. 1 a spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses. 2 US intoxicating liquor. rum baba see BABA.
[ 17th c.: perh. abbr. of contemporary forms rumbullion, rumbustion, of unkn. orig. ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012