subs. (old cant).—Brandy; also spirits of any Kind. [Thought by Dr. Murray to be a humorous formation from B. for ‘brandy’ (cf., ‘B. and S.’) and STINGO (q.v.)] (B. E. and GROSE), with a glance at Sir BIRGO BINKS, the Scottish baronet in St. Ronan’s Well. Hence BINGO BOY, a tippler; a drunkard; BINGO MORT, a drunken woman.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BINGO-CLUB, c. a set of Rakes, Lovers of that Liquor. Bingo-boy, c. a great Drinker or Lover thereof.
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, 41.
| ‘Pass round the BINGO,—of a gun, | |
| You musty, dusty, husky son!’ |
1861. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown at Oxford, xxxiii. Some soda water with a dash of BINGO clears one’s head in the morning.
