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Holland gin   /hˈɑlənd dʒɪn/   Listen
Holland gin

noun
1.
Gin made in the Netherlands.  Synonyms: geneva, Hollands.






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"Holland gin" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Admiral Columbus! Poor sea to whom Paul made obeisance! Sea of Drake and sea of Nelson, and sea of Philip of Spain. Poor sea whom the great doges of Venice wed with a ring of gold! Christ! If they could only bottle you, they would sell you like Holland gin! ...
— The Wind Bloweth • Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

... aversion to all young men, especially to surgeons, whom he considered unnecessary animals on board of a ship; and, in consequence of these sentiments, never consulted the doctor, notwithstanding his being seized with a violent fit of the gout and gravel, but applied to a cask of Holland gin, which was his sovereign prescription against all distempers: whether he was at this time too sparing, or took an overdose of his cordial, certain it is, he departed in the night, without any ceremony, which indeed was a thing he always despised, and was ...
— The Adventures of Roderick Random • Tobias Smollett



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