22/05/2020

A glass of rum - London, England


In the past it was a drink of robbers, pirates, smugglers, and slavers, and for centuries it was a significant commodity being smuggled. 

The origin of the word rum is unclear: 
1. The name comes from the last syllable of the Latin word sugar - saccharum.
2. from the Dutch roemer - cups, because Dutch sailors called high-volume glasses rummers.
3. most likely - that the word rum comes from English rum, which in slang meant "tumult".


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