gin joint
gin joint noun: a commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, especially one which is shabby or downmarket.
Noun
gin joint (plural gin joints)
- A commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, especially one which is shabby or downmarket.
- Rick Blaine: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, Casablanca (motion picture)
- The heroin trade has also flourished in Ruili, along with all the ancillary businesses of bordertowns: casinos, gin joints, a glitzy bowling alley, beauty parlors and garish short-time hotels catering to bigger-spending debauchers.1999 September 27, Anthony Spaeth, “Sex, Drugs and The Roll of Dice”, in Time, retrieved 22 Mar 2020
- Synonyms:
- bar, public house
Synonyms of gin joint
Forms of gin joint
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Questions about gin joint
- What does gin joint mean?
- Gin joint means a commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, especially one which is shabby or downmarket.
- What part of speech is gin joint?
- Gin joint is a noun.
- What is the plural of gin joint?
- The plural of gin joint is gin joints.
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