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Meaning of gin pole

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gin

Pronunciation:/dʒɪn//dʒɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.

  2. Gin rummy.

  3. Drawing the best card or combination of cards.

    Example: Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.

gin

Pronunciation:/dʒɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A trick; a device or instrument.

  2. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

  3. A snare or trap for game.

  4. A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

  2. To trap something in a gin.