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Gin mill   Listen
noun
gin mill, ginmill  n.  A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; a barroom; a disparaging term suggesting a cheap or disreputable bar.
Synonyms: barroom, bar-room, bar, saloon, taproom.





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"Gin mill" Quotes from Famous Books



... convince a New Yorker that drunkenness is very common in the city. One has but to walk through the streets, and especially those in the poorer sections, and notice the liquor shops of various kinds, from the Broadway rum palace to the "Gin Mill" of the Bowery, or the "Bucket Shop" of the Five Points. There are 7071 licensed places for the sale of liquor in the city, and they all enjoy a greater or less degree of prosperity. Very few liquor sellers, confining themselves to their legitimate ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe


Words linked to "Gin mill" :   taproom, U.K., United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, barroom, bar, taphouse, Britain, free house, UK, Great Britain, tap house, tavern, pub, saloon


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