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tap the admiral

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
tap the ad-mi-ral
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Slang

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

taps the admiral (present, singular) tapping the admiral (participle, present) tapped the admiral (participle, past) tapped the admiral (past)

Questions

What does tap the admiral mean?
To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit.
Where does tap the admiral come from?
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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