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| aqua vitae |
gin, brandy, whiskey, or other strong liquor. [1/2 definitions] |
| collins |
(often cap.) a drink made with lemon or lime juice, carbonated water, sugar, and either gin, vodka, whiskey, or rum. |
| gimlet |
an alcoholic beverage consisting of sweetened lime juice mixed with vodka or gin. [1/3 definitions] |
| gin2 |
a machine designed to remove the seeds from raw cotton; cotton gin. [2 definitions] |
| gin3 |
see "gin rummy." |
| martini |
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth. |
| neutral spirits |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) flavorless, 190-proof distilled ethyl alcohol blended with whiskeys or used to make alcoholic beverages such as gin, liqueurs, and cordials. |
| pink lady |
a cocktail made of gin, egg white, lemon or lime juice, and grenadine. |
| rickey |
a drink made of soda water, lime juice, sugar, and often gin. |
| schnapps |
any of several strong alcoholic liquors, esp. a certain type of gin, or a sweet viscous liquor. |
| shot4 |
a small amount of a strong liquor such as whiskey, vodka, or gin. In the U.S., a standard shot is generally considered to be 1.5 fluid ounces. |
| sling2 |
a sweet alcoholic drink that is flavored with lemon or lime and usu. made with gin. |
| sloe gin |
a gin liqueur flavored with sloe. |
| sour |
an alcoholic drink made with lemon or lime juice, sugar, whisky or gin, and sometimes soda water. [1/10 definitions] |
| Tom Collins |
an alcoholic mixed drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, carbonated water, and sugar, usu. served over ice in a tall glass. |
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