Rum shrub

a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.

See also: Rum

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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But I apprehend that we were personally fortunate in engaging a servant with a taste for cordials, who swelled our running account for porter at the public-house by such inexplicable items as 'quartern rum shrub (Mrs.
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Some items, like shrub, a fruit-vinegar based refresher, have almost entirely faded from the scene, although Walter Staib, proprietor of City Tavern, serves Champagne and Rum Shrubs using a mix prepared by Tait Farms, Centre Hall, PA (800-787-2716).
There is a tavern in the town
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