Word: rum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they finish, Fr. Benedict, the priest of the band, enters with his usual chronic cough, which can only be appeased by a finger or so of rum and no water. He is noted for his power as a singer, and he favors the pirates with the song of the Rover...
...brought to his wife and children. He answered, "It is all very well for you to talk. Mr. Hale, who can take your glass of wine whenever you like. It is easy for you to tell a poor devil like me that I must not drink a glass of rum when I feel the need of it." I then told him that I would not touch wine again for a year if he would not, and the bargain was struck. The fact is that we find we can't afford to belong to an aristocracy who drink. If we would...
...Mile rum-A. C. Williams...
...articles of more than on shilling's value. Most of the punishments were by fines. Five shillings was the penalty for lying. Tutors were requested frequently to visit the students in their chambers after nine o'clock in the evening to quicken their attention to their studies. If any rum or brandy was found in a student's room it was to be taken away and disposed of by the president and tutors. Besides imposing fines the immediate government might at its discretion, punish the undergraduates by boxing. For sending a freshman on an errand in study hours the fine...