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what does "toss off" and "a fifth of rum" mean in the following passage? Thanks so much.
"I know what you're thinking," Lloyd continued. "You're thinking, Lloyd, what kind of miracle do you perform? Am I right?"
"Nope," Samson said. "I was thinking about a Coke."
"There's some in a cooler in the backseat," Lloyd tossed off, trying to get back to his point. "Grab me one too, would you, son?"
Samson scrambled over the seat and dug into a cooler where a dozen Cokes lay in the ice around a fifth of rum.
"I know what you're thinking," Lloyd continued. "You're thinking, Lloyd, what kind of miracle do you perform? Am I right?"
"Nope," Samson said. "I was thinking about a Coke."
"There's some in a cooler in the backseat," Lloyd tossed off, trying to get back to his point. "Grab me one too, would you, son?"
Samson scrambled over the seat and dug into a cooler where a dozen Cokes lay in the ice around a fifth of rum.
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A fifth of rum refers to a bottle of rum of that particular size/volume. toss off = to do something effortlessly and quickly. Maybe his reply was quick, not sure really .
- A fifth of rum refers to a bottle of rum of that particular size/volume.
- toss off = to do something effortlessly and quickly.
- Maybe his reply was quick, not sure really .
- BTW, I'm kind of surprised that "cooler" is preceded by "a" instead of "the" (unless there were 2 coolers).
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A fifth of rum refers to a bottle of rum of that particular size/volume.
toss off = to do something effortlessly and quickly. Maybe his reply was quick, not sure really .
BTW, I'm kind of surprised that "cooler" is preceded by "a" instead of "the" (unless there were 2 coolers).
toss off = to do something effortlessly and quickly. Maybe his reply was quick, not sure really .
BTW, I'm kind of surprised that "cooler" is preceded by "a" instead of "the" (unless there were 2 coolers).
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