or gin-trap, subs. (common).—1. The throat. For synonyms, see GUTTER-ALLEY. GIN-TRAP, also = the mouth. For synonyms, see POTATO-TRAP.
1827. P. EGAN, Anecdotes of the Turf, p. 67. Never again could … he feel his ivories loose within his GIN-TRAP.
2. (common).—Generic for the habit of drunkenness.
1839. W. H. AINSWORTH, Jack Sheppard [1889], p. 8. Let me advise you on no account to fly to strong waters for consolation, Joan. One nail drives out another, it’s true; but the worst nail you can employ is a coffin nail. GIN LANE’S the nearest road to the churchyard.
