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gin and French

gin and French noun: a cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.

Noun

gin and French (plural gin and Frenches or gins and French or gins and Frenches)

  1. A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.
    • Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.1930, Ethel Mannin, Confessions & Impressions, page 177

Forms of gin and French

pluralgin and Frenches
pluralgins and French
pluralgins and Frenches
alternative formgin-and-French

Origin of gin and French

From the use of French as a shortened form of French vermouth, distinguished as being usually drier than Italian vermouth.

Questions about gin and French

What does gin and French mean?
Gin and French means a cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.
What part of speech is gin and French?
Gin and French is a noun.
What is the plural of gin and French?
The plural of gin and French is gin and Frenches.

Words near gin and French in the dictionary

  1. gimsilumab
  2. Gimson
  3. Gimsonian
  4. Gimsons
  5. gin
  6. gin and French
  7. gin and Frenches
  8. Gin and Gospel Gazette
  9. gin and it
  10. gin and its
  11. gin and tonic

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