Meaning of square gin | Babel Free

Definitions

Gin sold in bottles square-shaped in cross-section.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Mr. Foelsche's reports show how, at Port Essington, the men will barter their lubras, and everything they possess, for square gin; and, in the south, restrictions have had to be placed upon the publicans to prevent them selling drink to the few natives that remain.”

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