Col|lins

Col|lins
Col|lins or col|lins «KOL uhnz», noun.
any one of various mixed drinks made of an alcoholic liquor, carbonated water, sugar, and lemon or lime, and served iced: »

a rum collins. A Tom Collins is made with gin.

[supposedly < the proper name of a bartender who invented it]

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