gimlet
/ˈɡɪmlɪt
/noun
1A small T-shaped tool with a screw tip for boring holes.The three small lead weights, a long chalk line reel, and two ash handles thought to be gimlets (small boring tools) are the only objects associated with carpentry that were found in the chest....
- After insertion to the shoulder, the gimlet would be unscrewed a few turns to allow the liquid to flow out, then screwed back into the barrel to stop the flow.
- At a later date, a special steel gimlet was sometimes provided to penetrate the more modern tin cap in situ.
2A cocktail of gin (or sometimes vodka) and lime juice.We sat at the bar, and the guy behind it knew April by name, and gave her the usual, a vodka gimlet....
- The lawyer always drank three vodka gimlets on the way to Chicago and three scotch and sodas returning to New York.
- I would especially recommend the mojito and the vodka gimlet - delicious!
Origin
Middle English: from Old French guimbelet, diminutive of guimble 'drill', ultimately of Germanic origin.
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- Rainier, Mount
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- raininess
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- rainish
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- rain (or come down in) stair rods
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