74D. [Gimlets and screwdrivers] are both tools and cocktails. A gimlet bores little holes in wood and is used to tap into casks of liquor, inspiring a drink. The piercing qualities of a gimlet can also refer to a gaze, as in “gimlet eye,” an idiom popularized by Brig. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps a century ago.

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