Old TomCordial gin. Thomas Norris, one of the men employed in Messrs. Hodges' distillery, opened a gin palace in Great Russell Street, Covenant Garden, and called the gin concocted by Thomas Chamberlain, one of the firm of Hodges, “Old Tom,” in compliment to his former master. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Old Tom from Infoplease:
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