See quotations.
1840. He called lustily for a horn of bald face and molasses.—Daily Pennant, April 28 (St. Louis).
1848. What is classically denominated ‘bald-face,’ or ‘old brown whiskey.’—Knick. Mag., xxxii. 402 (Nov.).
1851. If you’ve got any more of that baldface, pour it out!—‘Polly Peablossom’s Wedding,’ &c., p. 60.
1854. Each one … had a glass of whiskey and water, or, as Turtle called it, ‘a little diluted bald-face.’—H. H. Riley, ‘Puddleford,’ p. 145 (N.Y.).
