wine-and-water

But he remembered his dinner-hour, and used to cry if his wine-and-water was not strong enough.

Vanity Fair 2006

The rest of us spent the morning across the road at an inn drinking much wine-and-water and planning out the war on a forty-year-old map.

Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson

Norwood was many miles too near, and we reached it many hours too soon; but Mr. Spenlow came to himself a little short of it, and said, 'You must come in, Copperfield, and rest!' and I consenting, we had sandwiches and wine-and-water.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

And, in his "Sir Charles Sedley's Mulberry Garden," we are told that "he who wished to be considered a man of fashion always drank wine-and-water at dinner, and a dish of tea afterwards."

All About Coffee 1909

They went in and found Daisy supping on the wing of a chicken, and some wine-and-water.

Half a Hero A Novel Anthony Hope 1898

After a time, with the boy seeming to watch defiantly beside the great fellow, the black revived sufficiently to swallow some bread soaked in wine-and-water; the dull, filmy look left his eyes; and at last he dropped off into a heavy sleep.

Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah George Manville Fenn 1870

I do not know why all the people standing about imagined me to be her brother, but they certainly did so, and, under that impression, made way for me to enter the parlour behind the shop, where I found my poor beauty sitting, faint and frightened and draggled, whilst the woman of the house was trying to wipe the mud off her dress, and endeavouring to persuade her to swallow some wine-and-water.

The Uninhabited House Mrs. J. H. Riddell 1869

Beat the egg, mixing with it a tablespoonful of cold water; make the wine-and-water hot, but not boiling; pour it on the egg, stirring all the time.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

Beat the egg, mixing with it a tablespoonful of cold water; make the wine-and-water hot, but not boiling; pour it on the egg, stirring all the time.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

Then my friend gave me a silver porringer full of wine-and-water.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861