gin
Significado (English)
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- A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
- Gin rummy.
- Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
Concepts
Synonyms
knock rummy
pile hammer
distilled spirits
stake driver
monkey-engine
pile engine
ram engine
pile-driving machine
staking machine
shear-leg crane
pile driving machine
pole press
pile driving engine
pile-hammer
hammer-apparatus
cable stock
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/d͡ʒɪn/
Etymology (English)
Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).
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