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gin's piss

gin's piss noun: poor-quality beer.

Noun

gin's piss (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, slang) Poor-quality beer.
    • As we Aussies would say a seppo beer like Coors tastes like gin's piss (you don't wanna know!) compared to ours - would you like some beer with your rocky mountain water!1998 September 29, AG, “A Winnah-Beck's Bier, Pretzels and Pinball!”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet)
    • Both sound like some sort of Canadian/North American gin's piss but I believe they are reasonable facsimiles of beer as we know it in the Antipodes, so I definitely would go the nearest.2002 October 28, tediboy, “Labatt Blue vs. Molson Canadian”, in alt.beer (Usenet)

Origin of gin's piss

From gin (“Australian aboriginal woman”) + piss (“inferior alcoholic beverage”).

Questions about gin's piss

What does gin's piss mean?
Gin's piss means poor-quality beer.
What part of speech is gin's piss?
Gin's piss is a noun.

Words near gin's piss in the dictionary

  1. gin sling
  2. gin slings
  3. gin spinner
  4. gin spinners
  5. gin up
  6. gin's piss
  7. gin-and-It
  8. gin-and-Its
  9. gin-clear
  10. gina
  11. ginas

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