2. Verb. (third-person singular of gimlet) ¹
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Definition of Gimlets
1. gimlet [v] - See also: gimlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gimlets
Literary usage of Gimlets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1900)
"A chest containing the following general tools and supplies retails at $750: saw,
oil-stone, 2 honing strops, 6 auger bit gimlets, hatchet, oil can, ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... that person carried on a brisk trade in groceries, gimlets, broadcloth and
linen-drapery), Andy presented himself at the counter and said, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"gimlets are of awl-form plus a screw. It consists of a small steel rod, one end
of which is attached to a wooden handle which forms aT with the rod, ..."
4. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Resisting Power of Earth.—Pitching Tents in Sand.—Hidden Forces of Nature.—The
Aloe-leaf and its Growth.—A cruel Punishment.—Natural gimlets. ..."
5. Manual of Operative Surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1916)
"Provide four gimlets of the square-headed variety which fit in a brace or can be
put in with ... The gimlets protruding from the wound are not in alignment. ..."
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