shandy

American  

[shan-dee] / ˈʃæn di /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

shandies

1. a mixture of beer and lemonade.

2. shandygaff.

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shandy British  

/ ˈʃændɪ, ˈʃændɪˌɡæf /

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made of beer and ginger beer or lemonade

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Etymology

Origin of shandy

First recorded in 1885–90; short for shandygaff

Example Sentences

In 1759, at the beginning of the history of the English novel, Laurence Sterne began publishing installments of his metadramatic novel, “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

Virus cases being down and vaccination rates up have made the conditions right for easing fans back in, said Shandy Dearth, director of undergraduate epidemiology education at IUPUI’s school of public health in Indianapolis.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021

Hundreds of volunteers, reporters, campaign staffers, and progressive voters crammed into the multi-roomed lounge, heaping their plates high with free Caribbean food and sipping on bottles of Red Stripe and sorrel-flavored Shandy Carib.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2018

Even though I like Sterne’s “A Sentimental Journey,” I’ve never managed to get through “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.”

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2018

The text is from the 1912 Everyman edition of Tristram Shandy.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence