gin and French

== English == === Alternative forms === gin-and-French === Etymology === From the use of French as a shortened form of French vermouth, distinguished as being usually drier than Italian vermouth. === Noun === gin and French (plural gin and Frenches or gins and French or gins and Frenches) A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth. === References === Fowler's Modern English Usage, s.v. "plural anomalies".