‘You couldn't walk a block without a gin mill,’ he recalls.
I usually had to argue, cajole, persuade, and, as a last resort, grovel, to get my dad to take me with him to the neighborhood gin mill, to watch the Friday Night Fights on TV.
You'll meet cruising sailors from all over the world, a few ex-pats who now run some very cool gin mills, and lots of friendly locals with some excellent stories to tell.
Eight years later he found himself living at the home of a waitress who served at the gin mill he frequented.
The lad grew up and discovered in gin mills that he had real talent for bar fights.
Definition of gin mill in US English:
gin mill
nounˈjin ˌmil
North American informal
A run-down or seedy nightclub or bar.
〈北美，非正式〉（衰败破旧的）夜总会（或酒吧）
Example sentencesExamples
You'll meet cruising sailors from all over the world, a few ex-pats who now run some very cool gin mills, and lots of friendly locals with some excellent stories to tell.
I usually had to argue, cajole, persuade, and, as a last resort, grovel, to get my dad to take me with him to the neighborhood gin mill, to watch the Friday Night Fights on TV.
‘You couldn't walk a block without a gin mill,’ he recalls.
The lad grew up and discovered in gin mills that he had real talent for bar fights.
Eight years later he found himself living at the home of a waitress who served at the gin mill he frequented.