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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gin Sling

A drink made of gin and water, sweetened and flavoured. “Sling” = Collins, the inventor, contracted into c'lins, and perverted into slings.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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