subs. phr. (Anglo-Indian).—Brandy and water.
1816. QUIZ, Grand Master, pref. And died at last with BRANDY PAUNY.
1855. THACKERAY, The Newcomes, i. ‘I’m sorry to see you, gentlemen, drinking BRANDY-PAWNEE,’ says he; ‘it plays the deuce with our young men in India.’
1857. C. KINGSLEY, Two Years Ago, xv. I took up natural history in India years ago to drive away thought, as other men might take to opium, or to BRANDY-PAWNEE.
1860. W. H. RUSSELL, My Diary in India, I., 120. They had tiffin at two; hot lunch, and ale, and BRANDY-PAWNEE.
