Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hot drink consisting of rum or another liquor, a beaten egg, milk or water, sugar, and spices.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cocktail composed ofeggnog ,brandy ,rum and an egg.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hot rum toddy with a beaten egg
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Corinthian Tom, and , Jerry, Hawthorn, characters in Life in London, a novel by Pierce Egan (1772–1849).]
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ruzuzu commented on the word Tom and Jerry
"A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs."
--GNU Webster's 1913
April 8, 2011
goodkitten commented on the word Tom and Jerry
Hey There's also the show!
(why can't I catch that dumb mouse!)
July 12, 2012