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square gin

square gin noun: gin sold in bottles square-shaped in cross-section.

Noun

square gin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Gin sold in bottles square-shaped in cross-section.
    • Mr. Foelsche's reports show how, at Port Essington, the men will barter their lubras, and everything they possess, for square gin; and, in the south, restrictions have had to be placed upon the publicans to prevent them selling drink to the few natives that remain.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301

Questions about square gin

What does square gin mean?
Square gin means gin sold in bottles square-shaped in cross-section.
What part of speech is square gin?
Square gin is a noun.

Words near square gin in the dictionary

  1. square eyes
  2. square feet
  3. square foot
  4. square footage
  5. square footages
  6. square gin
  7. square grouper
  8. square groupers
  9. square inch
  10. square inches
  11. square john

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