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

  • 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.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Various

  • 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

  • "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!"

    The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

  • 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

    The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

  • 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

  • "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.

    The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

  • "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;

    The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

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