Citations:cocktile

English citations of cocktile

eye-dialect spelling of cocktail edit

  • 1930, Carroll Carstairs, A Generation Missing, Strong Oak Press with Tom Donovan Publishing (1989), →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13), page 27:
    “Mr. Cardstairs!” she exclaimed. (The name was correctly spelt on the bill.) “‛Ave a cocktile? There’s the Nut. We ‛ad Oliver Filley here a while back. ‛E’s in the Flying Corps.” (Filley had stroked a Harvard crew.) She gave me all the news.
  • 1972, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream, Pergamon Press, page 177:
    ‘Oh, bung-ho then, chaps!’ says Morrie. ‘A cruiser it will be. Then would you desire the standard model with just the usual air-conditioning and deliciously tiled shower room and toilet, or the Special, which of course includes a private cocktile bar and colour television as well?’ (Janey explodes.)