释义 |
ˈgin-ˌpalace [f. gin n.2] A gaudily decorated public house. (An opprobrious term.)
1834Oxf. Univ. Mag. I. 327 The gin palaces, (as they have been not inaptly called). 1835Marryat Olla Podr. xxi, Gin palaces, like hell, ever open. 1874Helps Soc. Press. iii. 56 It would probably counteract the attractions even of the gin-palace. |