gin and tonicn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɪn (ə)n(d) ˈtɒnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɪn ən ˈtɑnɪk/

Inflections: Plural gin and tonics, gins and tonic.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gin n.³, and conj.¹, tonic n.

Etymology: < gin n.³ + and conj.¹ + tonic n.

A drink made with gin and tonic water poured over ice, and usually garnished with a slice of lemon or lime.Gin and tonic was introduced in the British army in India in the 19th cent. as a way of making the antimalarial quinine more palatable, by mixing it with gin and adding water, sugar, and lime. No longer used as an antimalarial, tonic water today contains much less quinine and is consequently less bitter.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] > drinks made with gin

gin and tonic1872

1872 Times of India 30 May 3/2 Having partaken of gin and tonic, I began to take notice of things passing outside of my inner consciousness.

1882 Chums: Tale of Queen's Navy I. 273 ‘Just one B. and S. [sc. brandy and soda] before you go, then,’ suggested the colonel; ‘or a gin and tonic, eh?’

1933 J. Hergesheimer Trop. Winter v. 160 Alva and Willat Shere wanted gins and tonic.

1949 J. B. Priestley Delight 29 Just gin and tonic and some potato crisps.

1984 S. Neville Invention of Flight 1 Her husband's father lying in the yard in a hammock drinking gin and tonics, an old salt feeling in the gentle rocking the roll of the ocean.

2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xviii. 188 His wife has heard the row, and comes to the door, twin-setted and pearled, with a gin and tonic in her hand.

Compounds

General attributive, as gin and tonic time, gin and tonic type, etc.

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1941 New Yorker 3 May 62/1 (advt.) The true British Gin-and-Tonic made with Schweppes!.. Make yours with the Original Imported Gin-and-Tonic Mixer.

1951 New Yorker 9 June (advt.) p. CV2 (verso of cover) When the sun beats down and it's hot enough to make a palm tree pant, it's Gin-and-Tonic time!

1967 C. B. Flood More Lives Than One xxviii. 278 A gin-and-tonic party, laughter and ice cubes on a cool evening lawn in Georgetown.

1972 Sea & Pacific Motor Boat July 120 (advt.) The no nonsense blue water yachtsman, a man placing performance over the gin and tonic hour.

1982 P. Larkin Let. 30 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 673 Well, gin and tonic time: I feel I've earned it, having mown a lawn.

1994 Clues Fall 92 Bela is a hard gin-and-tonic drinker, fat, over fifty, wrinkled, but is in no way erotically out of the game.

2005 J. Christy Redempt. of Anna Dupree I. 49 Ludmilla said she hadn't pictured him as the gin and tonic type.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gin and tonic
释义	gin and tonicn. Brit. /ˌdʒɪn (ə)n(d) ˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌdʒɪn ən ˈtɑnɪk/ Inflections: Plural gin and tonics, gins and tonic. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gin n.³, and conj.¹, tonic n. Etymology: < gin n.³ + and conj.¹ + tonic n. A drink made with gin and tonic water poured over ice, and usually garnished with a slice of lemon or lime.Gin and tonic was introduced in the British army in India in the 19th cent. as a way of making the antimalarial quinine more palatable, by mixing it with gin and adding water, sugar, and lime. No longer used as an antimalarial, tonic water today contains much less quinine and is consequently less bitter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] > drinks made with gin gin and tonic1872 1872 Times of India 30 May 3/2 Having partaken of gin and tonic, I began to take notice of things passing outside of my inner consciousness. 1882 Chums: Tale of Queen's Navy I. 273 ‘Just one B. and S. [sc. brandy and soda] before you go, then,’ suggested the colonel; ‘or a gin and tonic, eh?’ 1933 J. Hergesheimer Trop. Winter v. 160 Alva and Willat Shere wanted gins and tonic. 1949 J. B. Priestley Delight 29 Just gin and tonic and some potato crisps. 1984 S. Neville Invention of Flight 1 Her husband's father lying in the yard in a hammock drinking gin and tonics, an old salt feeling in the gentle rocking the roll of the ocean. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xviii. 188 His wife has heard the row, and comes to the door, twin-setted and pearled, with a gin and tonic in her hand. Compounds General attributive, as gin and tonic time, gin and tonic type, etc. ΚΠ 1941 New Yorker 3 May 62/1 (advt.) The true British Gin-and-Tonic made with Schweppes!.. Make yours with the Original Imported Gin-and-Tonic Mixer. 1951 New Yorker 9 June (advt.) p. CV2 (verso of cover) When the sun beats down and it's hot enough to make a palm tree pant, it's Gin-and-Tonic time! 1967 C. B. Flood More Lives Than One xxviii. 278 A gin-and-tonic party, laughter and ice cubes on a cool evening lawn in Georgetown. 1972 Sea & Pacific Motor Boat July 120 (advt.) The no nonsense blue water yachtsman, a man placing performance over the gin and tonic hour. 1982 P. Larkin Let. 30 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 673 Well, gin and tonic time: I feel I've earned it, having mown a lawn. 1994 Clues Fall 92 Bela is a hard gin-and-tonic drinker, fat, over fifty, wrinkled, but is in no way erotically out of the game. 2005 J. Christy Redempt. of Anna Dupree I. 49 Ludmilla said she hadn't pictured him as the gin and tonic type. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872
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