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Both these are Nabokov's wordplay, although perhaps the bar in the TV programme Footballers' Wives, which is called Nabokov's Cocoon, would serve them? :)
There's also a drink called a Virgin Mary, which leaves out the alcohol. Peculiar when you think about it...
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Emily
Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@MAIL.RU> wrote: I thought the name of the cocktail was Gory Mary (see Ada, Part One, chapter 2, the Demon - d'Onsky duel), while "bloody" is Ivan (as this drink is called in Transparent Things, VN's coinage?).
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There's also a drink called a Virgin Mary, which leaves out the alcohol. Peculiar when you think about it...
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Emily
Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@MAIL.RU> wrote: I thought the name of the cocktail was Gory Mary (see Ada, Part One, chapter 2, the Demon - d'Onsky duel), while "bloody" is Ivan (as this drink is called in Transparent Things, VN's coinage?).
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