spruce beer
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noun
a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
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Origin of spruce beer
First recorded in 1490–1500
Words nearby spruce beer
sprocket hole, sprog, sprout, Spruance, spruce, spruce beer, spruce beetle, spruce budworm, spruce grouse, spruce pine, spruce sawfly
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British Dictionary definitions for spruce beer
spruce beer
noun
an alcoholic drink made of fermented molasses flavoured with spruce twigs and cones
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