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gin mill

[jin]
–noun Slang.
a bar or saloon, esp. a cheap or disreputable one.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
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gin mill  
n.   Slang
A bar or saloon.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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gin mill

and gin dive; gin palace
  1. n.
    a saloon; a low liquor establishment. (Older.) : Fred hit every gin mill on the way home. , The joint looks like a gin dive. I'm not going in there!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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