It is fair I should own that when the time of examination came, I found him usually imbibing seltzer and curacoa, with a wet towel round his head; or, in his robuster moments, practising the dumbbells to develop his muscles.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
"Bring in the liqueurs too, my lad-curacoa, Chartreuse, anything.
"King of the Castle"
George Manville Fenn
"If I had the key," he said, "I should like to try a drop more of your good curacoa.
"Blind Love"
Wilkie Collins