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1729 Gloucester Jrnl. 4 Nov. (advt.) It is to be hoped the Gamesters will find better Encouragement than stinking Beef, and Gin-Punch.

?1740 Full Acct. Melancholly Disappointment (single sheet) Paying for the Punch and Gin Grog which his Friends Drank.

1774 J. S. Dodd tr. T. Marryat All Prescriptions contained in New Pract. Physic xxiii. 53 In the fit take,..rum or gin toddy, made weak.

1824 Atlantic Mag. Sept. 386 Fare thee well, Harry!—For thou wast the kindest soul that ever poted a gin cock-tail.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 213 Flashman had been regaling himself on gin-punch.

1874 A. P. Bentley Hist. Abduction William Morgan 44 They stopped at a public house on the way kept by a mason, where they all took a gin cocktail, and ate some red herrings.

1947 K. Eskelund My Danish Father vii. 83 I figured you needed a gin-bitters—you looked so sad.

1958 J. A. Beard in House & Garden Oct. 172/3 Simply make a gin toddy (with or without the lemon) and grate a little nutmeg on top.

1987 Black Enterprise Dec. 108/1 If yours is a warm-weather holiday, try this Gin Punch.

2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Features section) 44 Must try: Afternoon tea in any of the hotels and a gin cocktail from the Canary Bar.