gin blossom
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Meaning · English
Vascular rosacea caused or exacerbated by excessive consumption of alcohol.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
"Red Monkey": a Hundi slur, originally an allusion to the gin-blossom-encrusted faces of British colonial administrators
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “gin blossom” mean?
Vascular rosacea caused or exacerbated by excessive consumption of alcohol.
Is “gin blossom” formal or informal?
gin blossom is generally slang.