OLD TOM meaning: Sweetened gin, precursor to London Dry - OneLook

Usually means: Sweetened gin, precursor to London Dry.

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Old Tom: Wiktionary
Old Tom (TV series), Old Tom (ale), Old Tom (killer whale), Old Tom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Old Tom: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
Old Tom: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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old tom: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Old Tom)

▸ noun: (historical) A kind of strong gin popular in 18th-century England.

Similar:

old ale, Beefeater, Tory, Young Englander, mild ale, barley wine, Young England, October, English strong ale, tavern, more...

Opposite:

young jerry, new harry, fresh larry

Phrases:

Old Tom gin, Old Tom Morris, Ten Year Old Tom, Old Tom Parr, more...

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Similar:

old ale, Beefeater, Tory, Young Englander, mild ale, barley wine, Young England, October, English strong ale, tavern, more...

Opposite:

young jerry, new harry, fresh larry

Phrases:

Old Tom gin, Old Tom Morris, Ten Year Old Tom, Old Tom Parr, more...

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