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Thread #45410   Message #3450805
Posted By: MGM·Lion
12-Dec-12 - 01:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Drop of Nelson's Blood
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Drop of Nelson's Blood
Eric Partridge, in his widely accepted as standard A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English gives

Nelson's blood. Dark rum: naval (?mid-)C19-20. [F.Bowen's Sea Slang, 1929]

So, yes, Gibb, it does predate Hugill.

~M~