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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.


Etymology

Origin of seidel

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

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How many could bear the ribald distortions of that lens-like seidel bottom and yet keep their charm?

From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton

But I couldn't help thinking how agreeable a psychical seidel of dark beer would be just now.

From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Bart Haley

Perhaps they have a kind of Third Degree, flash a seidel of beer on you suddenly, and if you make an involuntary gesture of pleasure, you're convicted.

From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Bart Haley

They will never know the Berlin that lifts its seidel to the setting sun, the Berlin that greets the moonrise, the Berlin that meets the dawn.

From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton

They all sat down; each got a seidel and began a conversation.

From Shallow Soil by Carl Christian Hyllested

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