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shandy

[ shan-dee ]

noun

, Chiefly British.
, plural shan·dies.
  1. a mixture of beer and lemonade.


shandy

/ ˈʃændɪ; ˈʃændɪˌɡæf /

noun

  1. an alcoholic drink made of beer and ginger beer or lemonade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shandy1

First recorded in 1885–90; short for shandygaff
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shandy1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne One of the first novels in English ... and a buoyant, postmodern romp.

We were shown the little room not more than nine feet square where Sterne, when vicar, wrote his greatest book, "Tristram Shandy."

The worthy Shandy would even go so far as to maintain that there was no kind of oath that was not to be found in Ernulphus.

No further proof is needed that this reviewer was guiltless of any knowledge of Shandy beyond the title.

The ninth volume of Shandy is announced in the same number among the new English books.

Moses Mendelssohn writes to him in the summer of 1763:31 Tristram Shandy is a work of masterly originality.

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