Tom and Jerry

(täm′ ən jer′ē)

☆ a hot drink made of rum and brandy or whiskey, beaten eggs, sugar, water or milk, and nutmeg

Origin: after two characters in Egan's Life in London (1821)

See Tom and Jerry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Tom and Jerries

A hot drink consisting of rum or another liquor, a beaten egg, milk or water, sugar, and spices.

Origin:

Origin: After Corinthian Tom

Origin: and Jerry Hawthorn, characters in Life in London, a novel by Pierce Egan (1772-1849)

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