gin : Idioms & Phrases

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bathtub gin

  • noun homemade gin especially that made illegally
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Cotton gin

  • noun a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
    gin.
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  • a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney.
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gan jiang

  • noun a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang
    Kan River.
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gin and it

  • noun a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth
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gin and tonic

  • noun gin and quinine water
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Gin block

  • a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
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gin mill

  • noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
    taphouse; public house; pub; pothouse; saloon.
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Gin power

  • a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
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Gin race, ∨ Gin ring

  • the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. Halliwell.
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gin rickey

  • noun a rickey made with gin
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gin rummy

  • noun a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
    gin; knock rummy.
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Gin saw

  • a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
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gin sling

  • noun a sling made with gin
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Gin wheel

  • . (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.
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holland gin

  • noun gin made in the Netherlands
    Hollands; geneva.
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Roller gin

  • a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber.
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Saw gin

  • the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass.
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sloe gin

  • noun gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn)
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To set a trap, snare, ∨ gin

  • to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power.
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Whim gin

  • (Mining), a whim. See Whim, 2.
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Whip gin

  • . See Gin block, under 5th Gin.
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