gimlet

[ UK /ɡˈɪmlət/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɪmˌɫɛt/ ]
NOUN
  1. hand tool for boring holes
  2. a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
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How To Use gimlet In A Sentence

  • It lay, too, in the glitter of the cold eyes that gimleted mine sharply. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
  • The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour.
  • As two very different ingénues battle it out for the lead, a brassy veteran chorine (Megan Hilty, a true Broadway veteran) and a newbie from Iowa with heart (American Idol's Katharine McPhee), Smash at times evokes Bob Fosse's classic All That Jazz in its gimlet-eyed, gamy yet irrepressibly fabulous and tuneful valentine to the business of show biz. Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and More
  • Will the gimlet eyes of the fash pack expose me and my high street attire? Times, Sunday Times
  • I took my own kids to see it, ready to have my emotions plundered and, sure enough, before it was halfway through, tears were coursing down my cheeks, much to the disgust of the gimlet-eyed gang along the row.
  • The three small lead weights, a long chalk line reel, and two ash handles thought to be gimlets (small boring tools) are the only objects associated with carpentry that were found in the chest.
  • His gimlet eye is always on the hunt for subjects that his peers might overlook. Times, Sunday Times
  • But for all her gimlet-eyed calculation, Perry packs more wit and charisma into her eyelash extensions than most pop stars manage in a career. Justin Bieber; Katy Perry – review
  • The next afternoon, my father was sipping gimlets and preparing an extravagant meal for the four of us to share around the glass dining table.
  • We sat at the bar, and the guy behind it knew April by name, and gave her the usual, a vodka gimlet.
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