Collinsn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒlᵻnz/, U.S.

/ˈkɑlənz/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Collins.

Etymology: < the surname Collins, probably with reference to the supposed inventor of the original cocktail, John Collins (see John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b). Compare Tom Collins n.

1. Preceded by a personal first name: any of various cocktails made with a base of gin, whisky, or another spirit, mixed with lemon or lime juice, sugar or syrup, soda water, ice, and served in a tall glass. Cf. John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b, Tom Collins n.Recorded earliest in John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails

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Long Island ice tea1978

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Long Island iced tea1981

1865 Australasian 25 Feb. 8/7 That most angelic of drinks for a hot climate—a John Collins... Take a bottle of sodawater, a wineglassful of gin, a lump of sugar, a piece of ice, with a slice of lemon—mix well together.

1885 New Guide for Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler & Chef i. 133 One barkeeper calls it John Collins—another Tom Collins. There are also Harry and Fred, all members of the same family. I prefer to call mine the Fred Collins Fiz.

1937 S. C. Arthur Famous New Orleans Drinks 47 Then there is Rum Collins or ‘Charley Collins’, which found its way into New Orleans from Cuba.

2005 Independent on Sunday 3 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 43/3 David Embury..calls it a Pedro Collins or Rum Collins.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Aug. (Styles section) 7/5 We're talking, of course, about a family of drinks: the gin-based Tom Collins and its lesser-known brethren, the John Collins (bourbon) and Charley Collins (rum).

2. As a common noun: a cocktail of this type, frequently with a modifier indicating the type of spirit used, as Brandy Collins, Rum Collins, etc.

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1885 New Guide for Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler & Chef i. 133 The celebrated Collins drink.

1886 Hansa 3 Oct. 175/2 Long Drinks, 9d. each.—Sherry Cobler, Claret Cobler, Hock Cobler, John Collins, Brandy Collins, Whiskey Collins [etc.].

1895 G. J. Kappeler Mod. Amer. Drinks 44 Prepare same as Brandy Collins, substituting Holland gin for brandy.

1900 J. C. Maloney Twentieth Cent. Guide mixing Fancy Drinks 26 Collins.

1904 J. Applegreen Barkeeper's Guide (rev. ed.) 16 Use Holland gin for John Collins; Scotch whisky for Scotch Collins, and Irish whisky for Irish Collins in place of Tom gin.

1965 Life 19 Nov. 85/3 (advt.) It [sc. Southern Comfort] improves a Collins, Tonic, or Julep in the same way.

2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Books section) 22 Jermyn would ‘chase the dragon’ (smoke heroin) and drink Vodka Collins while in command of a helicopter.

Compounds

Collins glass n. a tall, straight-sided glass of the sort in which a Collins drink is usually served.

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1895 G. J. Kappeler Mod. Amer. Drinks 46 Take a long thin Collins-glass, put into it one lump of ice.

1904 J. Applegreen Barkeeper's Guide (rev. ed.) 45 Shake well and strain into a Collins glass.

2011 N.Y. Mag. 27 June 65/3 Rim a collins glass with salt, and fill halfway with ice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

Collinsn.²

/kɒlɪnz/

Etymology: < the name of a character, William Collins, in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (ch. xxii).

A letter of thanks for entertainment or hospitality, sent by a departed guest; a ‘bread-and-butter’ letter.

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the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > letter of

bread-and-butter letter1891

Collins1904

bread and butter1911

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter of thanks for hospitality

bread-and-butter letter1891

roofer1902

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bread and butter1911

roofer letter1937

1904 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Aug. 611/2 When we do not call a letter of thanks for a visit ‘a board and lodging’, we call it a ‘Collins’.

1905 L. M. Soulsby Brondesbury Papers iii. 6 Write your ‘Collins’ after every visit (if only for a night) next morning at latest.

1907 Lady Grove Social Fetich 74 The ‘Collins’ letter I had dutifully bored my hostess with.

1911 W. A. Raleigh Lett. (1926) 375 This is only a Collins, and a Collins should not wade into deep places. It should be loving but neat.

1926 R. Bridges Henry Bradley ii. 19 Wherever I can I shall let him speak for himself, and..group the quotations from his letters under subjects..This first Collins will serve to prelude them.

1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 327 The amateur composer even of a Collins or bread-and-butter letter realizes that his mother tongue is a stubborn means for the communication of gratitude.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	collins
释义	Collinsn.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒlᵻnz/, U.S. /ˈkɑlənz/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Collins. Etymology: < the surname Collins, probably with reference to the supposed inventor of the original cocktail, John Collins (see John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b). Compare Tom Collins n. 1. Preceded by a personal first name: any of various cocktails made with a base of gin, whisky, or another spirit, mixed with lemon or lime juice, sugar or syrup, soda water, ice, and served in a tall glass. Cf. John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b, Tom Collins n.Recorded earliest in John Collins n. at John n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails balderdash1611 twist1699 Coke-upon-Littleton1740 julep1787 camphor julep1788 switchel1790 sling1792 mint sling1804 mint julep1809 swizzle1813 smash1850 rattlesnake1862 sour1862 Collins1865 John Collins1865 split1882 rickey1893 Picon punch1900 stinger1901 Bronx1906 Jack Rose1912 Pimm's1912 orange blossom1919 Americano1928 Merry Widow1930 snowball1930 atomic cocktail1941 Sazarac cocktail1941 grasshopper1949 Bellini1955 saketini1959 wallbanger1970 caipirinha1973 Long Island ice tea1978 Alabama slammer1980 Long Island iced tea1981 1865 Australasian 25 Feb. 8/7 That most angelic of drinks for a hot climate—a John Collins... Take a bottle of sodawater, a wineglassful of gin, a lump of sugar, a piece of ice, with a slice of lemon—mix well together. 1885 New Guide for Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler & Chef i. 133 One barkeeper calls it John Collins—another Tom Collins. There are also Harry and Fred, all members of the same family. I prefer to call mine the Fred Collins Fiz. 1937 S. C. Arthur Famous New Orleans Drinks 47 Then there is Rum Collins or ‘Charley Collins’, which found its way into New Orleans from Cuba. 2005 Independent on Sunday 3 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 43/3 David Embury..calls it a Pedro Collins or Rum Collins. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Aug. (Styles section) 7/5 We're talking, of course, about a family of drinks: the gin-based Tom Collins and its lesser-known brethren, the John Collins (bourbon) and Charley Collins (rum). 2. As a common noun: a cocktail of this type, frequently with a modifier indicating the type of spirit used, as Brandy Collins, Rum Collins, etc. ΚΠ 1885 New Guide for Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler & Chef i. 133 The celebrated Collins drink. 1886 Hansa 3 Oct. 175/2 Long Drinks, 9d. each.—Sherry Cobler, Claret Cobler, Hock Cobler, John Collins, Brandy Collins, Whiskey Collins [etc.]. 1895 G. J. Kappeler Mod. Amer. Drinks 44 Prepare same as Brandy Collins, substituting Holland gin for brandy. 1900 J. C. Maloney Twentieth Cent. Guide mixing Fancy Drinks 26 Collins. 1904 J. Applegreen Barkeeper's Guide (rev. ed.) 16 Use Holland gin for John Collins; Scotch whisky for Scotch Collins, and Irish whisky for Irish Collins in place of Tom gin. 1965 Life 19 Nov. 85/3 (advt.) It [sc. Southern Comfort] improves a Collins, Tonic, or Julep in the same way. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Books section) 22 Jermyn would ‘chase the dragon’ (smoke heroin) and drink Vodka Collins while in command of a helicopter. Compounds Collins glass n. a tall, straight-sided glass of the sort in which a Collins drink is usually served. ΚΠ 1895 G. J. Kappeler Mod. Amer. Drinks 46 Take a long thin Collins-glass, put into it one lump of ice. 1904 J. Applegreen Barkeeper's Guide (rev. ed.) 45 Shake well and strain into a Collins glass. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 27 June 65/3 Rim a collins glass with salt, and fill halfway with ice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Collinsn.² /kɒlɪnz/ Etymology: < the name of a character, William Collins, in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (ch. xxii). A letter of thanks for entertainment or hospitality, sent by a departed guest; a ‘bread-and-butter’ letter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > letter of bread-and-butter letter1891 Collins1904 bread and butter1911 society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter of thanks for hospitality bread-and-butter letter1891 roofer1902 Collins1904 bread and butter1911 roofer letter1937 1904 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Aug. 611/2 When we do not call a letter of thanks for a visit ‘a board and lodging’, we call it a ‘Collins’. 1905 L. M. Soulsby Brondesbury Papers iii. 6 Write your ‘Collins’ after every visit (if only for a night) next morning at latest. 1907 Lady Grove Social Fetich 74 The ‘Collins’ letter I had dutifully bored my hostess with. 1911 W. A. Raleigh Lett. (1926) 375 This is only a Collins, and a Collins should not wade into deep places. It should be loving but neat. 1926 R. Bridges Henry Bradley ii. 19 Wherever I can I shall let him speak for himself, and..group the quotations from his letters under subjects..This first Collins will serve to prelude them. 1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 327 The amateur composer even of a Collins or bread-and-butter letter realizes that his mother tongue is a stubborn means for the communication of gratitude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹1865n.²1904
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