Definition of "Martini"

Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal

1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 96

Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.

1954, Eric Baume, The Mortal Sin of Father Grossard, Angus and Robertson, page 20

They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.

1999, Ruth Thomas, The Dance Settee and Other Stories, Edinburgh: Polygon, page 153

My father and mother drank Martini while I had orange juice.

2003, Virginia Ironside, Janey and Me: Growing Up with My Mother, London, New York, N.Y.: Fourth Estate, page 126