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单词 gin house
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gin housen.1

Brit. /ˈdʒɪn haʊs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪn ˌhaʊs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gin n.3, house n.1
Etymology: < gin n.3 + house n.1
Chiefly British. Now chiefly historical.
A tavern or public house selling chiefly gin (cf. gin shop n.). Also: a place where gin is produced.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > house providing other drinks
mead-inn1632
punch-house1661
gin house?1720
gin shop1723
thermopolion1753
whisky-house1767
spirit house1807
?1720 Guide for Malt-worms 48 Gin-house, Lincoln's-Inn, Backside.
1739 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 206/1 To this we may add, 30 or 40 Gin-Houses, where the Poor rendevous and debauch themselves with that infernal Liquor.
1848 J. H. Newman Lett. (1962) XII. 301 The owner of the Gin House has put off till Monday next to decide whether he will accept £90.
1941 Cases Court of Claims U.S. 93 540 After the spirits had been distilled in the still house they were transferred to tanks in the gin house, where ingredients were added to give the gin flavor.
1962 Financial Times 2 Feb. 7/2 The same recipes..are being used as in the company's London gin houses.
2014 R. Goodwin Mill Girl iv. 30 I'm off to the gin house. Happen a drop of ale will help me sleep the night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gin housen.2

Brit. /ˈdʒɪn haʊs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪn ˌhaʊs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gin n.1, gin v.2, house n.1
Etymology: < either gin n.1 or gin v.2 + house n.1
Now historical.
A building where cotton is ginned.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific jobs are done > [noun] > others
cutting room1700
pearl fishery1702
refinery1716
gin house1796
dressing shed1802
ginning house1819
boring-mill1833
sorting office1851
gut-scrapery1854
conditioning house1858
packery1861
washery1875
try-house1891
wet room1901
pump-out1935
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > separating seed > place for
gin1740
gin house1796
ginning house1819
ginnery1852
1796 Votes House of Assembly Bahama Islands 71 Among these may be reckoned, the diminution in the expence of building cotton and gin houses.
1827 A. Sherwood Gaz. Georgia 116 At three or four gin-houses much of the cotton..was cleaned.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) xxxiv Tom lay groaning and bleeding alone, in an old forsaken room of the gin-house, among pieces of broken machinery, piles of damaged cotton, and other rubbish which had there accumulated.
1904 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 209 24 At many of the smaller gins throughout the country the ginhouse and seed-cotton storage houses are combined under one roof.
1938 J. N. Darling et al. Modernizing Cotton Gins (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1802) 6 It is good practice to have bale-storage facilities at sufficient distance from the gin house to prevent spreading of fire.
1989 C. S. Aiken in C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encyl. Southern Culture 568/2 In the ginhouse the seed cotton was fed into a gin stand powered by horses or mules.
2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. Unchanged since the 19th century, the pinewood buildings include a grist mill, saw mill and cotton gin house, where machines separated fibre from the seeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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