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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889) [syn: Collins, Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins]
2: tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice [syn: collins, Tom Collins]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from the name Collins Date: circa 1887 a tall iced drink of soda water, sugar, lemon or lime juice, and liquor (as gin)

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Francis Sellers 1950- American geneticist II. biographical name Michael 1890-1922 Irish revolutionary III. biographical name Michael 1930- American astronaut IV. biographical name William 1721-1759 English poet V. biographical name (William) Wilkie 1824-1889 English novelist

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an iced drink made of gin or whisky etc. with soda, lemon or lime juice, and sugar. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.