bock beer
[bok]
- a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
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Origin of bock beer
1855–60; < German Bock, Bockbier literally, buck beer, perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany
Also called bock.
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Examples from the Web for bock
Contemporary Examples
Solomon recounts a recurring Socratic dialogue between Robbins and Stein, Bock, and Harnick.
Bock: In Berlin I saved Jewish girls, who were to be sent to the concentration camp.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald WelzerSönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
Bock says students usually notify his office of their wish for a deferral through June 1.
Historical Examples
Bock is made of the skin of the Persian sheep, and is called Persian in London.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
After three quarters of an hour on the "Bock" she fell dead.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
A bock at a café brought him neither comfort nor inspiration.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide PujolWilliam J. Locke
A waiter brought him his "bock," which he swallowed at a gulp.
Original Short Stories, Volume 5 (of 13)Guy de Maupassant
It seemed better to parrot the Belgian and order "Bock," and that was what I decided to do.
Outwitting the HunPat O'Brien
bock
- a variant spelling of boke
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bock beer
bock
- US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer
- (in France) a light beer
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Word Origin
C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover
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Word Origin and History for bock
n.
type of beer, 1856, from German ambock, Bavarian dialectal pronunciation of Einbecker bier, from Einbeck, Hanover, where it was first brewed.
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