| 单词 | gin riot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgin riot (a) General attributive, as gin case, gin riot, etc. ΚΠ 1807 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary xi. 219 Two or three empty gin cases, whose flasks were converted into water bottles. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism iv. 35 A murky-simmering Tophet, of copperas-fumes, cotton-fuz, gin-riot, wrath and toil. 1872 D. Burns Bases of Temperance Reform iv. 93 The gin-cask or beer-barrel with its plenipotentiality of physical and moral woe! 1940 F. B. Young City of Gold 365 A bucksail tent furnished with a counter of empty Rynbende gin-cases. 1990 Econ. Hist. Rev. 43 394 The London gin riots of 1736 are a good example of the Englishman's impatience with government attempts to stem the flow of available alcohol. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 Nov. (Features section) 3 Surprise gin box sourced from independent distillers in the UK and around the world. £40 per month. < as lemmas |
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