Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Gunga Din n.

[rhy. sl.; ult. Gunga Din, water carrier in poem by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)]

1. the chin.

[US]Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.
[UK]S.T. Kendall Up the Frog 13: I got ’im right on the Gunja Din with me Oliver Twist an’ put ’im to Bo-Peep.
[UK]Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
[UK]P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 105: Gunga Din ‘chin’.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.

2. (Aus.) gin (and water).

[UK]Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
[Aus]Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Gunga Din: gin (drink).