A little liqueur is good for the aperitif and a cigarette; for there is no time for another cigar.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle
It was five o'clock, the magic hour of the aperitif, when the glutton taxes his wits to deceive his stomach and work up an appetite for renewed gorging.
"The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life"
Charles Klein
"Now you understand-an aperitif for me now, some whisky for Jimmy in your room, and not a word about my being here.
"The Zeppelin's Passenger"
E. Phillips Oppenheim