COLLINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Collins mean? 

• COLLINS (noun)
  The noun COLLINS has 2 senses:

1. English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

2. tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

  Familiarity information: COLLINS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLINS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Collins; Wilkie Collins; William Wilkie Collins

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

collins; Tom Collins

Hypernyms ("collins" is a kind of...):

highball (a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass)

 Context examples 

The whist party soon afterwards breaking up, the players gathered round the other table and Mr. Collins took his station between his cousin Elizabeth and Mrs. Phillips.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

HL-60 is a promyelocytic cell line derived by S.J. Collins, et al. Peripheral blood leukocytes were obtained by leukopheresis from a 36-year-old Caucasian female with acute promyelocytic leukemia.

(HL60, NCI Thesaurus)

As every one knew, she was keeping company with John Collins, the blacksmith, and, as Maria knew privily, Miss Flanagan and Mr. Collins were going next day to Golden Gate Park.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Also called: Craniosynostosis, Treacher-Collins Syndrome

(Craniofacial Abnormalities, NIH)

It is from my cousin, Mr. Collins, who, when I am dead, may turn you all out of this house as soon as he pleases.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Lady Catherine de Bourgh,” she replied, “has very lately given him a living. I hardly know how Mr. Collins was first introduced to her notice, but he certainly has not known her long.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She had fully proposed being engaged by Mr. Wickham for those very dances; and to have Mr. Collins instead! her liveliness had never been worse timed.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Collins might never make the offer, and till he did, it was useless to quarrel about him.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Wickham's happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins's proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)