or bumbo, subs. (common).—A nickname given to various mixtures, but chiefly to cold punch. Smollett, in a note in Roderick Random, speaks of it as ‘a liquor composed of rum, sugar, water, and nutmeg.’
1748. SMOLLETT, Roderick Random, xxxiv. A table well stored with BUMBO and wine.
1867. W. H. SMYTH, Sailor’s Word-Book. BOMBO, weak cold punch.
as. 1886. Northamb. Song, in Notes and Queries, 6 March, 195. The pitmen and the keelman … drink BUMBO made of gin.
