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ginAlcoholic drink made by distilling a mash of maize, malt, or rye, with juniper flavouring. It was first produced in the Netherlands. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This same Robin Hood, of whom, I wot, I never heard before, is a right merry blade, but gin he be strong, am not I stronger? Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer. And when I say "drinking," I speak not of smuggled gin or of brandy bottles held fiercely by the neck till they are empty. |
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