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Examples of gin mill in a Sentence
a gin mill famous as the favorite hangout of several noted authors
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When Biden, Sr., was a teen-ager, his mother, Mary, would send him to the local gin mill to retrieve his intoxicated father.
—Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Gin mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin%20mill. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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