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HOLLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hollands mean?
• HOLLANDS (noun)
The noun HOLLANDS has 1 sense:
1. gin made in the Netherlands
Familiarity information: HOLLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gin made in the Netherlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
geneva; Holland gin; Hollands
Hypernyms ("Hollands" is a kind of...):
gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)
Context examples
We had had some biscuit and dried fish for supper, and Steerforth had produced from his pocket a full flask of Hollands, which we men (I may say we men, now, without a blush) had emptied.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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