gin-palace

This marvelous floating gin-palace was built for Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government either wants it back or to be able to see documents transferring ownership - prior to Saddam's execution.

Archive 2008-06-01 the rev. paperboy 2008

They were sitting together at a music-hall, — half music-hall, half theatre, which pleasantly combined the allurements of the gin-palace, the theatre, and the ball-room, trenching hard on those of other places.

The Way We Live Now 2004

Six months later, a supply ship landed a gin-palace at Belawan, the port of Medan.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

That gin-palace was the reason for my being on detachment in Medan.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

A lieutenant directed them in pursuit of the enemy gin-palace.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

I drove our one gin-palace back to Medan as ordered.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

I was given an escort to drive to the port and pick up the gin-palace.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

He stood in the middle of the street, shouting and shaking his fist at the gin-palace which retreated in a series of frantic leaps and bounds up the road, veering first to one side and then the other like an epileptic wallaby.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

As a Dutch major turned, angry at the interruption, Jhamboo explained and pointed out the gin-palace.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

The gin-palace scandal was something I would never live down, not if I served another hundred years in the army.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978