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sloe gin

noun

a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.

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Words nearby sloe gin

slobber, slobbery, slobby, slocum, sloe, sloe gin, sloe-eyed, slog, slogan, sloganeer, sloganize

Origin of sloe gin

First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for sloe gin

  • Thus, at half-past ten, we find her officers drinking the toast of Deutschland unter Alles in sloe-gin.

    The Heroic Record of the British Navy|Archibald Hurd

  • The lady's carriage was often kept at a walking pace by these human slugs with their fill of sloe-gin.

    Furze the Cruel|John Trevena

  • The bottle of sloe-gin was getting low, and her spirits were proportionally high.

    Furze the Cruel|John Trevena

British Dictionary definitions for sloe gin

sloe gin

noun

gin flavoured with sloe juice
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012