Horlicks

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A hot bedtime drink made with malted milk.

   • When the theatres turned out, people flocked back for their Horlickses and cocoas. Because of the summer visitors, we were open till one o'clock in the morning.
   • Kathy, drinking Horlicks and laughing about the impossibility of custard (she could not cook – she could not even stir), and obsessive about everything, found out for me that Dylan Thomas had invented a fantasy[…]
   • It did seem very odd though, drinking Horlicks in the middle of the day. From then on, first thing in the morning, after all meals, and last thing at night, Ruth made me a big mug of Horlicks. Every day, Horlicks. All day, Horlicks.
2. 2

   Bollocks, a mess or balls-up.

3. 3

   Bollocks, nonsense, false statements.

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   1. 4

      To make a mess of (something)

      To make a mess of (something); to bollocks.

   2. 5

      A surname.

      • “But how can this be, for Mr. Horlicks suffered from such a painful back condition that he could hardly walk?” she informed Hodgekiss. “Not anymore!” said Hodgekiss with a twinkle in his eye.
      • ... causing Mr Horlicks to think, in several worried thought bubbles, that She's not the girl I married. She then goes on to take tea in a café with a wise woman friend. Both Mrs Horlicks and her wise friend are always depicted[…]
      • And this will go on and on in that way until they are invited to Buckingham Palace to dine with the queen, who they are absolutely sure is the center, and will drop this bit of information when they meet the Horlickses at a reception,[…]
   3. 6

      plural of Horlick

   4. 7

      Alternative letter-case form of Horlicks.

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