shandygaff

[ shan-dee-gaf ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a mixed drink of beer with ginger beer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shandygaff¹

First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Shandygaff, shan′di-gaf, n. a mixture of bitter ale or beer with ginger-beer.

From Project Gutenberg

After a ten-mile pull on the river, a shandygaff of Bass and champagne is comforting to the oarsman.

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Officers dismounted at the Club, quaffed "shandygaff" and sometimes even "Scotch and soda" in silent sense of exasperation.

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What better place can be imagined for a lunch—a biscuit and a bit of cheese, washed down with a pint of refreshing shandygaff.

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In taverns, of course, the churchwarden—beloved of Carlyle and Tennyson—was usually smoked to the accompaniment of shandygaff.

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