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Word: gins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quarts of gin, and a can of cyanide...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: THE CRIME | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...them realized that they had never before heard of F. Scott McBride. The name they were half-remembering was F. Scott Fitzgerald. They had read novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald, works in which cocktails make the characters say unexpected things and in which highballs, gin fizzes, champagne inspire exciting conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: New Lobbyist | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

...Eastman promised money. Northwestern University promised money. Others promised more money. Now the bureau will be gin work in Evanston; Dr. Hatton at its head. The title of its magazine: Public Management. The plan: to investigate city governments, rate their efficiency, offer to improve them by sending experts from the bureau to cure specific troubles, disseminate efficiency schemes through Public Management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curing Cities | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...Raki, or arrack, is a popular, potent, gin-like beverage, made from plums. When mixed with water it becomes milky and much like absinthe. It is the favorite drink of the Orient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Magna Charta | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Ross Sloe Gin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Canadian Prices | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

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