demon rum
noun
US, old fashioned + humorous
: alcoholic drink : alcohol
It's not like alcohol is some benign entity. The devastation wrought by demon rum has been well-documented for decades, yet no one suggests a return of Prohibition.—
Teresa Keegan, Denver Post, 5 May 2013
—sometimes used with theTeresa Keegan, Denver Post, 5 May 2013… this "Gay Nineties Melodrama" offers up all the elements of an old-fashioned barnstormer, from an innocent country girl heroine named Nellie to a despicable viper named Munro Murgatroyd, who … drives stalwart hero Adam Oakhart to the demon rum.—Tom Chesek, Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, 9 Mar. 2012
Tom Chesek, Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, 9 Mar. 2012Dictionary Entries Near demon rum
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“Demon rum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demon%20rum. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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