kegging

keg v From the cheapness of rum, the labouring people, though by no means generally, acquire habits of excessive drinking, which they have only resolution to resist by swearing, by the Cross or the Gospel, that they will not taste rum, or spirits of any kind. This act is called Kegging, extending to...

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Summary:keg v From the cheapness of rum, the labouring people, though by no means generally, acquire habits of excessive drinking, which they have only resolution to resist by swearing, by the Cross or the Gospel, that they will not taste rum, or spirits of any kind. This act is called Kegging, extending to one or more years, and often for life. PRINTED ITEM Used I Used I 1 Not used [see 'cagging'] cag, cagging or kegging, cagged, keg/cag out, KEEL OUT Checked by Raji Sreeni on Mon 29 Jun 2015