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  collins

  noun

  a tall drink made with gin, whiskey, rum, or vodka, and lemon or lime juice, soda water, and sugar.
• Collins
  Collins

  noun

  Edward Trowbridge Eddie, 1887–1951, U.S. baseball player.

collins

¹ American  

[kol-inz] / ˈkɒl ɪnz /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. a tall drink made with gin, whiskey, rum, or vodka, and lemon or lime juice, soda water, and sugar.

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Collins ² American  

[kol-inz] / ˈkɒl ɪnz /

noun

1. Edward Trowbridge Eddie, 1887–1951, U.S. baseball player.

2. Michael, 1890–1922, Irish revolutionist and patriot.

3. Michael, 1930–2021, U.S. astronaut.

4. William, 1721–59, English poet.

5. (William) Wilkie 1824–89, English novelist.

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Collins ¹ British  

/ ˈkɒlɪnz /

noun

1. Michael. 1890–1922, Irish republican revolutionary: a leader of Sinn Féin; member of the Irish delegation that negotiated the treaty with Great Britain (1921) that established the Irish Free State

2. ( William ) Wilkie. 1824–89, British author, noted particularly for his suspense novel The Moonstone (1868)

3. William. 1721–59, British poet, noted for his odes; regarded as a precursor of romanticism

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collins ² British  

/ ˈkɒlɪnz /

noun

1. a tall fizzy iced drink made with gin, vodka, rum, etc, mixed with fruit juice, soda water, and sugar

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Etymology

Origin of collins

First recorded in 1940–45; after the proper name Collins

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Example Sentences

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collins Collins

Fans — including Zegler herself, who once tweeted “girls don’t want boys. girls want suzanne collins to release a haymitch abernathy origin trilogy” — have been clamoring for a Haymitch-centric prequel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

My preferred summer cocktail will always include gin, so I’ve chosen a riff on a classic tom collins.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2020

Lorde tweeted: “my love for phil collins is a beautiful thing”.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2016

Tags: Baseball, david wright, mets, retaliation, terry collins Baseball evokes the image of a father having that catch with his son.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2012

LONDON: seeley, fleet street; westley and davis, ave-maria-lane; hatchard, piccadilly; lindsay and co., south street, andrew street, edinburgh; collins, glasgow; wakeman, dublin, wilson and son, york.

From The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies by James Crabb

“People are essentially buying down their coverage because they’re faced with these big premium increases,” said Sara Collins, a senior scholar at the Commonwealth Fund.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

NBC News and CBS News called the race in Ossoff's favor, as he fended off a challenge from Republican Mike Collins in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Sen. Jon Ossoff easily defeated a challenge from Republican Rep. Mike Collins to hold on to his Georgia Senate seat on Tuesday, according to AP projections.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

So we weren’t surprised to see Collins close with another, almost identically filmed ad featuring Green six years later.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

He’d just clinched the 1960–61 United States Championship, and he walked briskly through the snow-covered streets with his mother and Jack and Ethel Collins.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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