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gin
/d͡ʒɪn/
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails; Gin rummy
- plural
- gins
Meanings
- 1
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails
- 2
Gin rummy
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Drawing the best card or combination of cardsrare
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A trick; a device or instrumentrare
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A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snarerare
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A snare or trap for gamerare
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A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etcrare
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A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whimrare
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A pile driverrare
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A windpumprare