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  • They had been sitting on the porch for almost two hours, and Neal, still on his first gin-and-tonic, was telling Roland about the priest he had found in Longido to do the services.

    The Laugh T 2009

  • Another gin-and-tonic, another greasy waitress and spilled drink and I'm up tall, navigating on spongy feet through tables packed with whip-thin creatures touching my suit, offering up their dark lies and assuring an evening of uninterrupted beauty and chemically delayed inhibitions as if it really were something new.

    Losing Found Things Brett Rosenblatt 2011

  • They had been sitting on the porch for almost two hours, and Neal, still on his first gin-and-tonic, was telling Roland about the priest he had found in Longido to do the services.

    The Laugh T 2009

  • Anyone who has read my articles knows that, with the exception of specific authors (Pat Murphy, Melissa Scott, Richard Morgan), cyberpunk is not the lime in my gin-and-tonic.

    [GUEST REVIEW] Athena Andreadis Reviews Shine: An Anthology of Near-Future Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries 2010

  • I sauntered out, gin-and-tonic in hand, warming up to my best fatherly-advice tone.

    Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son Con Chapman 2011

  • They had been sitting on the porch for almost two hours, and Neal, still on his first gin-and-tonic, was telling Roland about the priest he had found in Longido to do the services.

    The Laugh T 2009

  •   I sauntered out, gin-and-tonic in hand, warming up to my best fatherly-advice tone.

    Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son 2010

  • Neither is there any discussion of wine and beer, nor of such popular summer standards as the gin-and-tonic or the Tom Collins.

    Bernard DeVoto's "The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto," reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010

  • His wardrobe is easy to pack -- wrinkles are part of the look -- and the range is from guerrilla chic, say olive green garb of lightweight fabric with strategic pockets, to easy-fitting suits that can be slipped on for a gin-and-tonic at an embassy cocktail party.

    Milan Men's Fashion Week: S&M, Silk Suits & McQueen (PHOTOS) 2010

  •   I sauntered out, gin-and-tonic in hand, warming up to my best fatherly-advice tone.

    Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son 2010

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