The captain's idea of a pleasant evening was to sit in the bar-parlour of the Sun Inn and drink interminable hot RUMS.
"Jack O' Judgment"
Edgar Wallace
Then, as I think I said, Mr. Smith came in every morning and there was a tremendous outpouring of Florida water and RUMS, essences and revivers and renovators, regardless of expense.
"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town"
Stephen Leacock
This time she casts behind her her apron, next her petticoat, then her shift, and at last RUMS much in the condition in which she was born.
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould