He wonders that the Americans should build with wood, whilst all this stone is lying in the roadside, and is astonished to learn that a wooden house may last a hundred years; nor will he remember the fact as many minutes after it has been told him; he wonders they do not make elder-wine and cherry-bounce, since here are cherries, and every mile is crammed with elder bushes. ❋ Unknown (2006)
His father had killed himself with brandy; the son more elevated in his tastes, was doing the same thing with curacoa, maraschino, and cherry-bounce. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when ` the party went out '. ❋ Unknown (1921)
Every man adopted a special diet or a favourite liquor -- brandy, whiskey, bitters, cherry-bounce, sarsaparilla. ❋ George Dunderdale (1862)
The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when ❋ Louisa May Alcott (1860)
His father had killed himself with brandy; the son, more elevated in his tastes, was doing the same thing with curaçoa, maraschino, and cherry-bounce. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)
Let me have the honour -- a glass of mulled port wine, or a drop of cherry-bounce. ❋ Harriet Martineau (1839)
"To the last! and she offered you some cherry-bounce, I suppose." ❋ Harriet Martineau (1839)
So I down with a glass of good right cherry-bounce. ❋ John Badcock (1823)
Cork the demi-john, and in six months the cherry-bounce will be fit to pour off and bottle for use; but the older it is, the better. ❋ Eliza Leslie (1822)
In this house, the primitive Dutch holidays of Paas and Pinxter are faithfully kept up; and New-Year celebrated with cookies and cherry-bounce; nor is the festival of the blessed St. Nicholas forgotten, when all the children are sure to hang up their stockings, and to have them filled according to their deserts; though, it is said, the good saint is occasionally perplexed in his nocturnal visits, which chimney to descend. ❋ Washington Irving (1821)
The small stores came on board for the cabin, and Dan McCoy persuaded me to try the flavour of a bottle of cherry-bounce. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)
Not more than six or eight will probably come, so I shall hire a beach wagon and borrow Mr. Laurence's cherry-bounce. " ❋ Unknown (1921)
