"gin's piss" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 gin's piss.ogg
Etymology: From gin (“Australian aboriginal woman”) + piss (“inferior alcoholic beverage”). Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gin's piss (uncountable)
  1. (Australia, slang) Poor quality beer. Tags: Australia, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Beer
    Sense id: en-gin's_piss-en-noun-ruR0SU4f Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1998 September 29, AG, “A Winnah-Beck's Bier, Pretzels and Pinball!”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):",
          "text": "As we Aussies would say a seppo beer like Coors tastes like gin's piss (you don't wanna know!) compared to ours - would you like some beer with your rocky mountain water!",
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        {
          "ref": "2002 October 28, tediboy, “Labatt Blue vs. Molson Canadian”, in alt.beer (Usenet):",
          "text": "Both sound like some sort of Canadian/North American gin's piss but I believe they are reasonable facsimiles of beer as we know it in the Antipodes, so I definitely would go the nearest.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 July 25, Teotwawki, “Titles for Scurvy's Life Story”, in alt.music.deep-purple (Usenet):",
          "text": "but he wears a nice hat tho, for whatever that's worth.\na flagon of drunken gin′s piss p'raps ?",
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