pink gin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pink gin
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The first cash machine came about after some hurried signing of contracts, over a pink gin, between Barclays and Scottish inventor John Shepherd-Barron, who died in 2010.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2017
This debate is a far cry from the hurried signing of contracts, over a pink gin, between Barclays and John Shepherd-Barron in the UK some 50 years ago.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2017
You know, the idea that there are only two versions of Malaysia in literature�a place where white men sit around drinking pink gin, and a place full of colorful people doing quaint things.
From Time Magazine Archive
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