gin and French

noun

A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.

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Meanings

noungin and French (plural gin and Frenches or gins and French or gins and Frenches)

plural gin and Frenches · plural gins and French · plural gins and Frenches · alternative gin-and-French

  1. A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.

    Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.

    1930, Ethel Mannin, Confessions & Impressions, page 177

Origin

From the use of French as a shortened form of French vermouth, distinguished as being usually drier than Italian vermouth.

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APA

gin and French. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gin%20and%20French

MLA

“gin and French.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gin%20and%20French. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gin and French,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gin%20and%20French.

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