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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
  • A cotton gin.
  • A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.
  • A pile driver.
  • A snare or trap for game.
  • A windpump.
  • Australia||now considered|_|offensive An Aboriginal woman.
  • gin rummy
  • obsolete A trick; a device or instrument.

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Verb:

  • archaic To begin.
  • transitive To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  • transitive To trap something in a gin.

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