collins

plural collinses

1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

   Synonyms: Collins, Tom Collins

plural Collinses · alternative Collin · alternative Colin · alternative Collings · alternative Colling · alternative Collis · alternative Colins · alternative Collen · alternative Cullan

1. countableuncountableAn English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.

   Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.

   2022 January 20, Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, “Bipartisan group of senators seeks common ground on changing Electoral Count Act”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2022

2. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin.
3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. countableuncountableA town in Erie County, New York; named for a local dairy farming family.
   2. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Covington County, Mississippi; named for Mississippi statesman Fred W. Collins.
   3. countableuncountableA city in Georgia; named for early settler Perry Collins.
   4. countableuncountableA city in Iowa.
   5. countableuncountableA village in Missouri; named for the local judge William Collins.
   6. countableuncountableA former settlement in Fresno County, California.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Indiana; named for railroad official James Collins.
   9. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wisconsin; named for railroad official Sumner J. Collins.

plural Collinses

1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

   He ordered a schpritzer for himself (it was a hot summer day) and after she'd finished her Collins, he asked if she wanted to order.

   1966, Nicholas Samstag, Come and see my shining palace, page 268

   Synonyms: collins, John Collins, Tom Collins

1. pluralplural of Collin