Rob Roy

a cocktail made of Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters

Origin: after Rob Roy, the nickname of Robert MacGregor (1671?-1734), Scot outlaw

See Rob Roy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A cocktail made with Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters.

Origin:

Origin: After Rob Roy

Scottish clan leader and outlaw whose banditry is the subject of Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1817).

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