Sator: I'm more a martini guy myself, but that gimlet is in the top five. From Wordnik.com. [My Prerogative] Reference
He stood for some time staring after them with what Billy Louise called his gimlet look. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
Brendan probably means gauntlet, since a gimlet is a small boring tool for penetrating wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Sopranos #02: 46 Long - unseen sequences] Reference
A gimlet is a strong drink with a distinctive sweet sharp tang to it that is refreshing and elegant. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Kozel: The War Of The Rose's] Reference
With a gimlet bore holes at points A, B, C, and D. From Wordnik.com. [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference
| Containing gunner's level, gimlet, vent-punch and. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
From the centre of this bed a gimlet hole pierces the board. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
Describe the motions of the bones when we are using a gimlet. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
European affairs, and his gimlet eyes sought an approving glance from. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
About the same time a gimlet was forced through the electric cable of a. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
They bored a hole in it with a gimlet, and sucked the rum out through a straw. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Lady O leaned on her cane and fastened her black eyes, gimlet-fashion, on her. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
A single grain of gimlet-dust, for example, would have been as obvious as an apple. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
The actual word FLY written on the fingers of the bartender shaking my fifth gimlet?. From Wordnik.com. [The Birdcage] Reference
There are no flourishes sitting at the bar, just cold beer or a well-made martini or gimlet. From Wordnik.com. [Classics on Tap] Reference
1809: THE INTRODUCTION of the gimlet-pointed auger followed Ezra L'Hommedieu's patent of 1809. From Wordnik.com. [Woodworking Tools 1600-1900] Reference
His mechanical implement to meet the death-struggle for fresh air, all told, was one large gimlet. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
Then I cut away the olive branches, smoothed the trunk, made a bedpost, and bored all with a gimlet. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
But he did not hold the door open when Luigi went, and his little eyes were hard like gimlet points. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
The gimlet is used to bore awls with, so that nails when they are driven in may not split the wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering] Reference
He was an odd-looking, active little man of about fifty with keen blue eyes that bored into one like a gimlet. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
Another, even more dignified, man lingered in the background, casting a gimlet eye on the desk man's efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
Both twist-bits and drill-bits have the advantage over gimlet-bits in that they are less likely to split the wood. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Margaret said that ribbon might have been tied over my feet from the first, without using glue or gimlet either; and. From Wordnik.com. [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference
Willy said she was welcome to the gimlet, but that he advised her to leave it alone, for that she would only break my feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference
Mrs. DiNunzio picked up the tin of olive oil and poured three gimlet-hued drops in the bowl of water, one on top of the next. From Wordnik.com. [Courting Trouble]
I put the card on my plate and my plate on a buffet and ordered my gimlet, and as the bartender handed it over, I wanted the card back. From Wordnik.com. [The Birdcage] Reference
His face was shaded by his hand, but Amarilly's gimlet glance noted that he frequently sent a fleeting, troubled look toward the King pew. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
And still the wool subsidy survived -- until it received the attention of Jonathan Rauch, a gimlet-eyed reporter for the National Journal. From Wordnik.com. [Political Dissonance] Reference
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