odycolone

odycolone

English

Noun

odycolone (uncountable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of eau de Cologne.
   • 1891, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Hildegarde's Holiday, page 270

     "All the Fifth Avenue folks had fountain attachments put on to their carriages, and sprinkled themselves with iced lavender water and odycolone as they drove along; and the bronze statue in Union Square melted and ran all over the lot."

   • 17 August 1855, The Sydney Morning Herald, "TO MISTHER SHAKY HACKETT, OF THE CITY OF WATERFORD, IRELAND", page 2

     ...specially Frinch-min, in their way o' handlin' the poorest patients, shprinklin' 'em wid odycolone, an sich like smellable ristoratives...