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"Highball" Quotes from Famous Books

... and a Scotch highball," was the order. Of which geographical language I understood ...

— Your United States - Impressions of a first visit • Arnold Bennett

... in the Grand Union cafe long after the waiter had removed his half-tasted dinner. He ordered an unaccustomed "highball" as he pondered over some means of circumventing the social treason ...

— The Midnight Passenger • Richard Henry Savage

... not only an hour but a drink; and (though I am a sympathetic soul) I can only say that those who like it like it. For my part, I preferred the concoction sold at rustic soda-fountains, which is known locally as a "Chautauqua highball,"—a ribald term devised by college men who make up the by-no-means-despicable ball-team. This beverage is compounded out of unfermented grape-juice and foaming fizz-water; and, if it be taken absent-mindedly, seems to taste ...

— The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 • Various

... winding highway through the Pass. At Cajon Camp he slowed, thinking they would need to fill the radiator before attempting to climb the steep grade to the summit. But the young man shook his head and gave the "highball." (Which, if you don't already know it, is the signal ...

— The Trail of the White Mule • B. M. Bower

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