mint-juleps

He was young, clean-shaven, impeccably dressed in a well-cut light grey tropical worsted suit and ultra-conservative tie and, as for the mint-juleps, I doubt if he'd ever as much as looked at a bar except to wonder how he might close it.

Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

Sherry-cobblers, mint-juleps, gin-slings, and punches, are set aside in order that the sway of the Christmas draught may be supreme.

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

Pelham Bay, how many mint-juleps it had seen drunk on the veranda of the country club, how many kisses it had interrupted; and whether it would rather pry into people's private affairs or look for torpedo-boats and night attacks in time of war.

The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914

This man had penetrating eyes, a courtly manner, and an unmistakable leaning toward companionship and mint-juleps.

The Lone Star Ranger 1914

Do you recall how indignant our maid-servant was at what she supposed a reflection upon the mint-juleps she was serving?

Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1913

Bethink you, I am now the shell of five mint-juleps plus, and am pot-valiant.

The Flirt 1912

Swank revelled in the rainbow colors about us, the flaming nabiscus blossoms and the unearthly saffron of the _alova_ blooms, one inhale of which, we were to learn, contained the kick of three old-fashioned mint-juleps.

The Cruise of the Kawa 1911

"The Lord have mercy upon the nation!" he cried, his voice solemn with wrath, and sonorous with the potency of the mint-juleps for which "The Bell" was noted.

Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910

Bethink you, I am now the shell of five mint-juleps plus, and am pot-valiant.

The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907

Lor ', honey, de mint-juleps jus' nachelly ooze outen de pores ob his grandpaw's skin!

Sandy Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906