单词 | gin spinner |
释义 | > as lemmasgin spinner gin spinner n. now historical and rare a distiller or retailer of spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distiller distiller1639 malt-stiller1731 malt distiller1753 gin spinner1778 distilleress1841 stiller1902 society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor wine-merchantc950 vintnerc1430 cooperc1503 merchant vintner1532 beer-monger1622 wine-cooper1635 firkin-man1706 brandy-man1723 brandy-merchant1771 gin spinner1778 liqueur merchant1801 almacenista1846 liquor-dealer1859 négociant1910 1778 Gen. Advertiser 26 Mar. The Gin Spinner in Whitecross-street..retales halfpennyworths of that baneful liquor on the Sabbath. 1813 European Mag. & London Rev. Jan. 69 The distillers, alias Gin Spinners, have..advanced the price of gin. 1827 P. Egan Anecd. Turf 179 Just as she was about to toddle to the gin-spinner's for the ould folks, and lisp out for a quartern of max. 1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 186 A strong team of gin-spinners' horses..led by distillers' draymen. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Saturday section) 9 The slowly accreted effluvium of industry: in Brentford, fellmongers, gut and gin spinners; breweries in Chiswick; lime kilns in Vauxhall. < as lemmas |
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