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COLLINS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
Synonyms:
collins; Tom Collins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("collins" is a kind of...):
highball (a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
Synonyms:
Collins; Wilkie Collins; William Wilkie Collins
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples:
Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth—and it was soon done—done while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Collins on his return highly gratified Mrs. Bennet by admiring Mrs. Phillips's manners and politeness.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Bennet indeed said little; but the ladies were ready enough to talk, and Mr. Collins seemed neither in need of encouragement, nor inclined to be silent himself.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Collins was punctual to his time, and was received with great politeness by the whole family.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
As for their mother, Mr. Collins's letter had done away much of her ill-will, and she was preparing to see him with a degree of composure which astonished her husband and daughters.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
It certainly is a most iniquitous affair, said Mr. Bennet, and nothing can clear Mr. Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Collins was eloquent in her praise.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
They were not the only objects of Mr. Collins's admiration.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth's spirits were so high on this occasion, that though she did not often speak unnecessarily to Mr. Collins, she could not help asking him whether he intended to accept Mr. Bingley's invitation, and if he did, whether he would think it proper to join in the evening's amusement; and she was rather surprised to find that he entertained no scruple whatever on that head, and was very far from dreading a rebuke either from the Archbishop, or Lady Catherine de Bourgh, by venturing to dance.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Lydia talked incessantly of lottery tickets, of the fish she had lost and the fish she had won; and Mr. Collins in describing the civility of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, protesting that he did not in the least regard his losses at whist, enumerating all the dishes at supper, and repeatedly fearing that he crowded his cousins, had more to say than he could well manage before the carriage stopped at Longbourn House.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
