Any strong, esp. low quality, alcoholic drink; = lightning, n. 2. Now somewhat rare.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] (45) bottled lightning1713 Any strong, esp. low quality, alcoholic drink; = lightning, n. 2. Now somewhat rare. gin1713 A colourless to pale straw coloured alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries and a variety of herbs and… royal bob1722 gin; cf. purl royal n. at purl, n.3 compounds. diddle1725 A slang name for gin, and in U.S. for liquor generally. Hence diddle-cove n. slang a keeper of a gin or spirit shop. strike-fire1725 gin. tittery1725 Gin. max1728 Gin. maxim1739 = max, n.1 strip-me-naked1751 gin. eye-water1755 slang. Any of various kinds of strong alcoholic drink; esp. gin. Also with modifying word, as Cupid's eye-water, Paddy's eye-water, devil's eye-water… sky blue1755 slang. Gin. Obsolete. rare. lightning1781 Chiefly U.S. slang. Gin, whisky, or any other strong alcoholic spirit, esp. of low quality or illicitly distilled. Cf. chain lightning n., thunder and… Jacky1800 slang. Gin. Now rare. ribbon1811 cant. Gin; spirits. Obsolete. rare. Daffy's elixir1821 Originally in Daffy's elixir, a medicine given to infants, ‘tinctura sennæ composita’ (Dunglison), to which gin was commonly added; hence, a slang… sweet-stuff1835 sweetmeats, sweets, confectionery; also attributive and in other combinations; now frequently in plural; †also euphemistic, gin (obsolete). tiger's milk1850 (a) an acrid white juice of Excœcaria Agallocha, a small euphorbiaceous East Indian tree; (b) gin (slang); (c) = Tiger Milk n. at compounds 2a above. juniper1857 slang. Gin (cf. juniper-brandy below). cream of the wilderness1858 transferred. Used in the names of some cordials and liqueurs, with reference to their viscid character, or acknowledged excellence; cream of the… satin1864 slang. Gin. Cf. white satin, n. 3. Now archaic and rare. Twankay1900 slang. (See quot. 1900.) panther1931 U.S. slang. = panther sweat n. at compounds 2. Cf. panther piss n. at compounds 2. mother's ruin1933 gin. needle and pin1937 Gin. Subcategories:— a drink of (4) — inferior gin (4) — kinds of gin (11) — sloe-gin (1) — drinks made with gin (1) |
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