Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass. See
smash , 3.
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Examples
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You adopt the universal habit of the place, and call for a mint-julep, a whiskey-skin, a gin-cocktail, a brandy-smash, or a glass of pure Old Rye; for the conviviality of Washington sets in at an early hour, and, so far as I had an opportunity of observing, never terminates at any hour, and all these drinks are continually in request by almost all these people.
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The American flag hanging over the balcony gives it a semi-theatrical look, and the white marble table resembles an American bar, making one feel inclined to go up to it and order a brandy-smash, a gin-sling, or a corpse-reviver.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) Harry Furniss
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"Waiter," said Captain Bunting, in a solemn voice, "bear-chops for three, pipes and baccy for six, an 'a brandy-smash for one; an', d'ye hear, let it be stiff!"
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Then, a document was drawn up, signed, and witnessed, and then the captain, politely declining a brandy-smash, or any other smash whatever, left the _Roving
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One mouth, that had bitten off the head of a checkerberry chanticleer, was convulsed with the acidulous tickling of sweetened laughter, till the biter was bit and a metamorphosis into the animal of attack seemed imminent; at the hands of another a warrior in barley-sugar was experiencing the vernacular for defeat with reproving haste and gravity; and there was yet another little omnivorous creature that put out both hands for indiscriminate snatching, and made a spectacle of himself in a general plaster of gum-arabic-drop and brandy-smash.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various
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"brandy-smash," which he drank, and then, seating himself at the table along with the rest of the party, proceeded to help himself largely to all that was within his reach.
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"Faix it did," said Larry, emphatically; "and they shall have it, too; -- here, waiter, a brandy-smash and a cheroot, and be aisy as to the cost;
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