Citations:cocktile

eye-dialect spelling of

 * 1930,, A Generation Missing, Strong Oak Press with Tom Donovan Publishing (1989), ISBN 1871048028 (10), ISBN 9781871048025 (13), page 27:
 * “Mr. Cardstairs!” she exclaimed. (The name was correctly spelt on the bill.) “‛Ave a cocktile? There’s the Nut. We ‛ad Oliver Filley here a while back. ‛E’s in the Flying Corps.” (Filley had stroked a Harvard crew.) She gave me all the news.
 * 1972, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream,, page 177:
 * ‘Oh, bung-ho then, chaps!’ says Morrie. ‘A cruiser it will be. Then would you desire the standard model with just the usual air-conditioning and deliciously tiled shower room and toilet, or the Special, which of course includes a private cocktile bar and colour television as well?’ (Janey explodes.)