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gin

UK/ɡɪn/ US/ˈdʒɪn/ fairly common
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

2.

a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose

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3.

a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

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4.

a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

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verb

1.

separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

2.

trap with a snare

  • “gin game”

Origin

Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

Phrases

  • bathtub gin
  • Dutch gin
  • gin and French
  • Gin and Gospel Gazette
  • gin and it
  • gin and Italian
  • gin and tonic
  • gin block
  • gin pole
  • gin tonic
  • gin up
  • pitfall and gin

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