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According to historians Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown the earliest known printed use of the word "cocktail" appeared in London's Morning Post and Gazetteer, March 20, 1798. It was in a satirical list of drinks ordered by politicians in the Axe and Gate tavern on the corner of Downing Street and Whitehall, in the heart of British politics:1

Mr Pitt, two petit vers of "L'huile de Venus"

Ditto, one of "perfeit amour"

Ditto, "cock-tail" (vulgarly called ginger)

1. Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown (2009). Spirituous Journey, A History of Drink, Book Two: From Publicans to Master Mixologists. Mixellany Limited. ISBN 9781907434068

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