gin rickey
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gin rickey
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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My favourite is New Columbia Distillers, which has created three gins, including a spring/summer one that makes a mean gin rickey.
From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2015
Low-highbrow: Municipal government, Kipling, socialism, Shakespeare, politics, Thackeray, taxation, golf, grand opera, bridge, chicken � la Maryland, “eether,” stocks and bonds, gin rickey, Theodore Roosevelt, chewing gum in private.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
Another drink which originated in St. Louis is the gin rickey.
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian
What must come must come; and if it were a gin rickey rather than the slavery of the repartimento system, I'd be little enough disturbed.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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