单词 | gin slinger |
释义 | gin slingern. 1. A gin drinker; a drunkard. ΚΠ 1855 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 18 Aug. 3/1 Driven from the bar of the tap or tavern, the gin slinger or tobblerist now keeps the bottle on his sideboard, and liquors himself more cheaply and less moderately. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 265/1 Gin slinger, a tippler whose favorite beverage is gin. 1932 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 2 Aug. 1/1 Gone..are strolling minstrels and curbstone comedians, and gone, too, are the gin-slingers and crap-shooters. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Sept. His composed face looked out of place among the beer-swillers and gin-slingers in the Hong Kong press club. 2012 Independent (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Mag.) 5 The new quarterly for whisky nerds, gin-slingers, ale buffs and winos. 2. A person who mixes gin slings or other cocktails; a bartender. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > tapster or barmaid tapsterc1000 drawer1379 wine-drawer1415 birlerc1440 shenkerc1440 trayer1473 tranter1500 skinker1575 lick-spigot1599 shot-shark1600 runner1601 skink1603 Hebe1606 Ganymede1608 squire of the gimlet1611 skinkard1615 bombard-man1616 bar-boy1631 faucet1631 tapstress1631 potman1652 barmaida1658 pot-boyc1662 tavern-drawer1709 tavern-boy1796 pot-girl1797 tap-boy1801 knight of the spigot1821 pewter-carrier1834 bartender1836 tap-waiter1836 barman1837 beer-boy1841 mixologist1856 bar-girl1857 mixer1858 gin slinger1871 swamper1907 tap-man1907 pot-woman1918 bar-staff1965 bar-person1976 1871 Indianapolis Jrnl. 14 Feb. 3/1 A gospel shrieker..branded saloon keepers as being worse than murderers. The only gin slinger in the village met the revered gentleman next day. 1887 N.Y. Voice Extra Issue 1 Sept. Saloon-keepers and white-aproned gin-slingers stood in the doors of the saloons. 1915 J. Conrad Victory ii. 152 What if he did want to see his money back, like any tame shopkeeper, hash-seller, gin-slinger, or ink-spewer does? 1944 R. K. Cope Comrade Bill 46 The secretary of the Engine-drivers' Union was the gin-slinger in the Castle Bar. 2007 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Mar. b6 Maybe the Liquor Control Board should start fining the gin slingers for serving obviously intoxicated persons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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