Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Geneva

(g soft), contracted into Gin. Originally made from malt and juniper-berries. (French, genièvre, a juniper berry.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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