rumˈfustian
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| 1829 Hone Year Bk. 62 Rum fustian is a ‘night cap’, made precisely in the same way [as egg-flip]. 1862 Jerry Thomas How to mix Drinks (New York) 72 Rumfustian,..a drink very much in vogue with English sportsmen, after their return from a day's shooting. 1900 A. M. Earle Stage-Coach & Tavern Days v. 101 Rumfustian was made of a quart of strong beer, a bottle of wine or sherry, half a pint of gin, the yolk of twelve eggs, orange peel, nutmeg, spices, and sugar. |