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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

dutch gindutch gin

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

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