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Nelson's blood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. rum (the drink)

Word forms

Nelson's blood

Etymology

From a legend claiming that the body of Horatio Nelson was preserved in a cask of rum for transportation back to England after the Battle of Trafalgar; supposedly, sailors drilled into the cask and drank the rum during the voyage.

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