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sionnach commented on the word to tap the admiral
To drink surreptitiously, as for instance when one has smuggled a hip flask of brandy into some kind of strict teetotaller function.
For the hilarious explanation of the origin of this phrase see:
pickled nelson and macaroni
The relevant portion begins right around the two-minute mark.
July 5, 2008