subs. (common).—Brandy—a seventeenth and eighteenth century colloquialism. For synonyms, see DRINKS.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. COLD TEA: brandy.
1693. Remonstrance of the Batchelors, in Harleian Miscellany (ed. PARK), IV., 505. Since their sex has been so familiar with brandy (blasphemed by the name of COLD TEA).
1857. Notes and Queries, 2 S., iii., p. 59, s.v.
1888. C. J. DUNPHIE, The Chameleon, p. 235. It is worthy of remark that COLD TEA was a slang name for Brandy in the 18th century.
