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Water as a beverage; from the supposition that Adam had nothing but water to drink. In Scotland water for a beverage is called Adam’s Wine.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ad inquirendum
Ad libitum
Ad rem (Latin)
Ad unum omnes
Ad valorem
Ad vitam aut cuīpam
Adam
Adam
Adam Bell
Adam Cupid
Adam’s Ale
Adam’s Apple
Adam’s Needle
Adam’s Peak
Adam’s Profession
Adams
Adamant
Adamastor
Adamic Covenant
Adamites
Adaran