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Noun: collins  kó-linz
  1. Tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
    "She sipped a refreshing Tom Collins by the pool";
    - Tom Collins
Noun: Collins  kó-linz
  1. English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
    - Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins

Derived forms: Collinses, collinses

Type of: author, highball [N. Amer], writer

Encyclopedia: Collins, Nancy