English Explanatory Dictionary

tap the admiral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit.

Word forms

tap the admiral taps the admiral tapping the admiral tapped the admiral

Etymology

John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a tale of this having been done with the rum cask in which Lord Nelson's body was brought to England.

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