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Tom and Jerry definition

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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