jug-er-rum

Updated: May 23, 2025

"But frogs won't hurt you," drawled Tom. "I know all that," sighed Nan. "But they sound as if they would. There! That one says, just as plain as plain can be, 'Throw 'im in! Throw 'im in!" "Good!" chuckled Tom. "And there's a drunken old rascal calling: 'Jug-er-rum! Jug-er-rum!!" A nighthawk, wheeling overhead through the rain, sent down her discordant cry.

Annie Roe Carr - Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp : or, the Old Lumberman's Secret