tap the admiral

Meaning

Verb

To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit.

Origin

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.

Modern English dictionary

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