I go down to the villige ockashunly and take a little old Rye fur the stummuck's sake, but I avoyd spiritus lickers as a ginral thing.
"The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 1"
Charles Farrar Browne
You should have seen the boot-lickers!
"Bring Me His Ears"
Clarence E. Mulford
Well, first came the Spoon lickers.
"Rootabaga Stories"
Carl Sandburg