Meaning

noun strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

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

noun a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

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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