"Gentlemen required a great deal of attendance, did not `shout' (the slang term for ordering grog) every quarter of an hour, and therefore spent comparatively nothing."
1867. A. L. Gordon, `Sea-Spray' (Credat Judaeus), p. 139:
"You may shout some cheroots, if you like; no champagne
For this child.'
1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 268:
"This `shouting,' as `treating' is termed in the colonies, is the curse of the Northern goldfields. If you buy a horse you must shout, the vendor must shout, and the bystanders who have been shouted to [more usual, for] must shout in their turn."
1885. D. Sladen, `In Cornwall, etc.,' p. 156 [Title, `The Sigh of the Shouter']:
"Give me the wealth I have squandered in `shouting.'"
1887. J. F. Hogan, `The Irish in Australia, p. 149:.
"Drinking is quite a common practice, and what is familiarly known as `shouting' was at one time almost universal, though of late years this peculiarly dangerous evil has been considerably diminished in extent. To `shout' in a public-house means to insist on everybody present, friends and strangers alike, drinking at the shouter's expense, and as no member of the party will allow himself to be outdone in this reckless sort of hospitality, each one `shouts' in succession, with the result that before long they are all overcome by intoxication."
1891. W. Tilley, `Wild West of Tasmania,' p. 30: