Jamaica rum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Jamaica rum
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the Caribbean island, as some producers wish to strengthen rules on what can, and cannot, be called "Jamaica rum".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
"What we're saying is, if you truly believe in Jamaica rum, age it in Jamaica," says Christopher Gentles, general manager of the SPA.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Before the show, the well-heeled Copenhagener could go to restaurants like the Skandia and have a five-course meal topped with Friesenborg Gorgonzola bathed in French brandy and Jamaica rum.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Good Santo Domingo or Jamaica rum, probably," said I. "Maybe, in some of 'em."
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
That Frenchman we sunk tonight, blast her bloody spars"—here the lank pirate interrupted himself to curse his luck, and continued—"probably loaded with sugar and Jamaica rum from Martinique and headed up for the French provinces.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
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