Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
John Collins
subs. phr. (Australian).—See quot.
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1865. The Australasian, 24 Feb., p. 8. … That most angelic of drinks for a hot climate—a JOHN COLLINS (a mixture of soda water, gin, sugar, lemon and ice).
