Definition of Tom collins

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

Exact synonyms: Collins
Generic synonyms: Highball

Definition of Tom collins

1. Noun. A cocktail containing containing gin, lemon juice, sugar, and a splash of soda. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tom Collins

Tolosa
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Tolstoy
Tolstoyan
Toltec
Toltecs
Tolu balsam
Toluca
Tolyatti
Tolypeutes
Tolypeutes tricinctus
Tom Bradley
Tom Collins
Tom Collinses
Tom Hanks
Tom Joneses
Tom Paine
Tom Sawyer
Tom Stoppard
Tom Thumb
Tom Tom
Tom Wolfe
Tom and Jerry
Toma's sign
Tomahawk
Tomalin

Literary usage of Tom collins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rambling Recollections by Henry Drummond Wolff (1908)
"CHAPTER XLV Characteristics of Members of Parliament—Contemporaries in the House—Mr. Labouchere—" tom collins "—Irish Party—Different Members. ..."

2. A Diary of Two Parliaments by Henry William Lucy (1886)
"But though Mr. tom collins was not in the last Parliament, the memory of his daring deeds was often recalled in smoking-room conversation. ..."

3. Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes by Christine Terhune Herrick (1904)
"tom collins Whiskey Put into a small bar-glass 5 or 6 dashes of gum syrup, ... tom collins Brandy Follow the directions for tom collins whiskey, ..."

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