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hot buttered rum

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noun

  1. a drink made with rum, hot water, and sugar, served with a lump of butter in a mug.

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But I’ve aimed here for a mash-up modeled after hot buttered rum.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

Classics such as the sidecar, gin and tonic and hot buttered rum are decked in figs and holiday spices.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2014

Among its rituals are the hot buttered rum around the fireplace in the evening, the songs, the exchange of stories on the day's moments of triumph or disaster.

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