Meaning

noun strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

verb separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

noun a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

originPartly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

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