tap the admiral

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit. slang

词形变化

taps the admiral present,singular,third-person tapping the admiral participle,present tapped the admiral participle,past tapped the admiral past

词源

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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