A Punch (magazine) cartoon from 1949 depicts a man with a St. Bernard and several puppies, all of which are wearing neck casks.

The term may have been made increasingly popular by Punch cartoons published in 1844-45.

The Punch cartoons of Heath.

He looked like a college professor in a turn-of-the-century Punch cartoon.

He had come across the lines in a volume of Punch cartoons when he was a boy back at school in Brighton.

Punch humorously approriated the term to refer to its political cartoons, and the popularity of the Punch cartoons led to the terms widespread use.

In an 1858 Punch cartoon it is referred to as "scratch cradle", a name supported by Brewer's 1898 Dictionary.

There was none of the overt negative stereotyping found in the most acerbic Punch cartoons.

An 1853 Punch cartoon entitled "the crossing sweeper nuisance" depicted a hapless middle-class man surrounded by importunate boys holding out their hands for money.

Other "anecdotal" scenes were lighter in mood, tending towards being captionless Punch cartoons.