gimlet
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holesA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
» My grandma loved gin and limes, that's why the gimlet was her drink of choice.
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2 sensesA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
Ahle
бура́вчикburávčik
свердликsverdlyk
hand tool for boring holes
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
Gimlet
a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
Examples
1 sentencesMy grandma loved gin and limes, that's why the gimlet was her drink of choice.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probablyFrom Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet.
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