"bathtub gin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-bathtub gin.ogg Forms: bathtub gins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bathtub gin (countable and uncountable, plural bathtub gins)
  1. (colloquial) Gin or a similar alcoholic beverage which is of very poor quality, as if made by a homebrewer in a bathtub. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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