liquor

Many and very singular names have been given to the various compounds or mixtures of spirituous liquors and wines, served up in fashionable bar-rooms in the United States. The following list is taken from one advertisement:

Plain mint julep. I. O. U. Milk punch.

Fancy do. Tippe na Pecco. Cherry do.

Mixed do. Moral suasion. Peach do.

Peach do. Vox populi. Jewett's fancy.

Pineapple do. Ne plus ultra. Deacon.

Claret do. Shambro. Exchange.

Capped do. Virginia fancy. Stone wall.

Strawberry do. Knickerbocker. Sifter.

Arrack do. Smasher. Soda punch.

Racehorse do. Floater. Slingflip.

Sherry cobbler. Pig and whistle. Cocktail.

Rochelle do. Citronella Jam. Apple-jack.

Arrack do. Egg nog. Chain-lightning.

Peach do. Sargent. Phlegm-cutter.

Claret do. Silver top. Switchel-flip.

Tip and Ty. Poor man's punch. Ching-ching.

Fiscal agent. Arrack do. Tog.

Veto. Iced do. Ropee.

Slip ticket. Spiced punch. Porteree.

Polk and Dallas. Epicure's do. &c. &c.

IN LIQUOR

Intoxicated; drunk.

TO LIQUOR

TO LIQUOR UP

To take a dram; or, as We more frequently say, to take a drink.

He was the first to break silence, and jumping up, asked all to liquor before going to bed.--Porter's Tales of the South-west, p. 31.

Arter lickerin and cussin a spell, we took a bee line for Skylake. Going along we lickered freely.--Ibid. p. 131.

"The child must be named Margaret." "No! Mary," replied the father, "in honor of my esteemed wife. Besides, that's a Bible name, and we can't liquor up on Margaret."--Margaret, p. 89.