seidel

American  

[sahyd-l, zahyd-l] / ˈsaɪd l, ˈzaɪd l /

noun

1. a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.

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Etymology

Origin of seidel

1905–10; < German; Middle High German sīdel < Latin situla bucket

Example Sentences

Soon we were sitting, four men in all, at a little, nicely decorated table, cutting into the steaming platter and drinking out of small seidels a magnificent sparkling wine.

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He took a big drink from the seidel and said: "Can he do this?"

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The Devil, finishing his seidel of Würzburger, eyed the young man quizzically.

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They are always eating, mammoth plates heaped high with Bavarian cabbage, Koenigsberger Klopps, Hasenpfeffer, noodles, sauerkraut, Wiener Schnitzel ... drinking seidels of beer.

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He sat down in a secluded café with his cheek against a seidel of dark beer and began to caress the universe with his intellect.

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