or swizzy, subs. (common).—1. Generic for drink; also (2) various compounded drinks—rum and water, ale and beer mixed, and (West Indies) what is known in America as a cock-tail. As verb = to tope, to SWILL (q.v.); and SWIZZLED = drunk; also see SCREWED.
1850. J. HANNAY, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N., II. vii. ‘It serves me right for deserting rum, my proper tipple. Boy, the amber fluid!’ Here Mr. Snigg mixed himself some SWIZZLE and consoled himself.
