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Bay rum   /beɪ rəm/   Listen
Bay rum

noun
1.
An aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum.






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"Bay rum" Quotes from Famous Books



... foolish," said the Indian. "I am not for a hair cut; I am for that bay rum idea. Heap ...
— The Silly Syclopedia • Noah Lott

... toilet water; witch hazel; bay rum; listerine; any and everything in reach; and the villain still pursued her. Every moment was getting precious now; Hubbie was about due to come home, and if Hubbie ever found out about this—well—life ...
— Continuous Vaudeville • Will M. Cressy

... his chance of raisin' hair; They yanked his hat off anxiouslike, opinin' one by one Their magnifyin' glasses showed fine prospects everywhere. They bought Hairlene, an' Thatchem, an' Jay's Capillery Juice, An' Seven Something Sisters, an' Macassar an' Bay Rum, An' everyone insisted on his speshul right to sluice His speshul line of lotion onto Chewed-ear's cranium. They only got the merrier the more the old man roared, An' shares in "Jenkins Hirsute" went ...
— Rhymes of a Rolling Stone • Robert W. Service

... a brute I am. But wait a minute. I'll send right to the city for a dozen bottles of bay rum, or schnapps, ...
— A Noble Woman • Ann S. Stephens

... need them to get me anywhere. It's enough when a fellow takes me out that he can tuck me up in a six-cylinder and make me forget my stone-bruise. Give me a fellow that smells of gasolene instead of bay rum every time. Trolley-car Johnnies don't mean nothing ...
— Gaslight Sonatas • Fannie Hurst

... a downy couch. He raises up, brushes a particle of dust from his sleeve, and with a silver knife cuts the hog from Dan to Beersheba, and the patent insides are received on a silver salver, and divided among attendant maidens. The inside of the hog is washed with bay rum, and sweet majorum is put in. Then the hog is removed and cut up. The portions salted are salted for keeps, and the hams and bacon are smoked in a room filled with incense, and when the smoked meat comes out it is good enough for a king, or a queen, or a Milwaukee ...
— Peck's Compendium of Fun • George W. Peck

... bay rum comes from? We have often wondered, and find here an answer to the question. It is furnished by the bay tree, which grows here. The leaves are distilled and the oil extracted from them to furnish this perfume ...
— A Little Journey to Puerto Rico - For Intermediate and Upper Grades • Marian M. George



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