bock beer

or Bock beer

[ bok ]

noun

Origin of bock beer

1
First recorded in 1865–70; see origin at Bock

Words Nearby bock beer

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British Dictionary definitions for bock beer

bock beer

bock

/ (bɒk) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer

  2. (in France) a light beer

Origin of bock beer

1
C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover

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