subs. phr. (American).—Brandy and crushed ice: see DRINKS.
1862. E. MACDERMOTT, Popular Guide to International Exhibition, 1862, p. 185. In the vestibule of each refreshment room there is an American bar, where visitors may indulge in ‘juleps,’ ‘cocktails,’ ‘cobblers,’ ‘rattlesnakes,’ ‘gum-ticklers,’ ‘eye-openers,’ ‘flashes-o’-lightning,’ ‘BRANDY-SMASHES,’ ‘stone-fences,’ and a variety of similar beverages.
1869. S. L. CLEMENS (‘Mark Twain’), The Innocents Abroad, xv. [Our general said (after naming several other drinks)] ‘Give us a BRANDY SMASH!’ The Frenchman began to back away, suspicious of the ominous vigor of the last order.
1883. Daily Telegraph, 2 July, 5, 3. [BRANDY-SMASH is mentioned in a list of American drinks.]
1888. New York Evening Post, 24 Feb. Philological.—Gallic Tourist—‘I do not see how any one ever learns the absurd English. I read on the menu of drinks, “Sherree Cobblair,” I find in the dictionary—a mender of shoes of sherry wine; “Santa Cruz Sour,” La Sainte Croix acide; BRANDY SMASH, “Eau de vie écrasé.” Bête de langue!”
