gin mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gin mill
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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It took meeting Norma, a young beauty in a gin mill in the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights, to steer him toward acting.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
Classing up a gin mill with Bentwood chairs and imitation Tiffany lamps—set dressing the part of a homey establishment, as it were—Stillman built the first of the great singles bars.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2013
At a Bar in Charlotte Amalie could easily have been just another set piece about a raffish gin mill in which just about every type turns up but the anonymous and unseen narrator.
From Time Magazine Archive
The story was a natural: the victim had worked as a dice girl in a gin mill and she had been married just two days.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Slippery's seen a M. P. nosin' around in front of the gin mill."
From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John
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