Co-Cola

See also: cocola

English

Noun

Co-Cola (countable and uncountable, plural Co-Colas)

1. (US, Southern US, informal) Coca-Cola, or (by extension) any soft drink.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 160:

     Jem giggled. "He's got a Co-Cola bottle full of whiskey in there."

   • 1992, The Texas Review, volume 13, page 25:

     His breathing was shallow and fast. His hand shook as he picked up the Coca Cola Olive had brought him. "This will pick you up," she said. "Co-cola is the best thing for any weakness."

   • 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 286:

     Later that month, the principal called me into his office, offered some pleasantries and a Co'-Cola, then asked: “Son, are you a subversive?”