| 2H6 III.i.262 | [Suffolk to all, of killing Gloucester] Be it by gins, by snares, by subtlety |
| 3H6 I.iv.61 | [Clifford to all, of York] so strives the woodcock with the gin |
| E3 IV.iii.21 | [Charles to Villiers] What bird that hath escaped the fowler's gin / Will not beware how she's ensnared again? |
| Mac IV.ii.36 | [Macduff's wife to her son] Poor bird, thou'dst never fear / The net nor lime, the pitfall nor the gin! |
| MW IV.ii.111 | [Ford to all] There's a knot, a gin, a pack, a conspiracy against me |
| TN II.v.83 | [Fabian to Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, of Malvolio] Now is the woodcock near the gin |