Hollands

[hol-uhndz]

Hol·lands

[hol-uhndz]
noun (used with a singular verb)
a gin, originally made in Holland, in which the juniper is mixed in the mash.
Also called Holland gin.


Origin:
1705–15; < Dutch hollandsch (genever) Dutch (gin)

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Hol·land

[hol-uhnd]
noun
1.
John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
2.
Sir Sidney (George), 1893–1961, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1949–57.
3.
the Netherlands.
4.
a medieval county and province on the North Sea, corresponding to the modern North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands.
5.
a city in W Michigan. 26,281.
EXPAND
6.
Textiles.
a.
a cotton cloth treated to produce an opaque finish, as for window shades.
COLLAPSE
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Hollands (ˈhɒləndz)
 
n
Dutch gin, often sold in stone bottles
 
[C18: from Dutch hollandsch genever]

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