stein
1 Americannoun
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a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
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the quantity of beer or other liquid contained in a stein.
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Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
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Heinrich Friedrich Karl Baron vom und zum 1757–1831, German statesman.
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William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1972.
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Gertrude. 1874–1946, US writer, resident in Paris (1903–1946). Her works include Three Lives (1908) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)
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Heinrich Friedrich Carl (ˈhainrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç karl), Baron Stein. 1757–1831, Prussian statesman, who contributed greatly to the modernization of Prussia and played a major role in the European coalition against Napoleon (1813–15)
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Jock, real name John. 1922–85, Scottish footballer and manager: managed Celtic (1965–78) and Scotland (1978–85)
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an earthenware beer mug, esp of a German design
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the quantity contained in such a mug
Etymology
Origin of stein
1900–05; < German: literally, stone
Example Sentences
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In some sections, Fontaine has taped up educational blurbs to explain the origins and cultural significance of certain items, such as antique German beer steins and Staffordshire pottery dogs.
From Los Angeles Times
The complete Tesla CyberBeer set includes two bottles of beer along with two matte black ceramic beer steins.
From Salon
“He said, not really,” Zyma recalled last month, during a traditional Czech dinner in Prague with goulash, dumplings, pigs blood soup and large steins of foamy pilsner.
From New York Times
That would cause a few restaurants and breweries to raise a celebratory stein.
From Washington Post
In Milwaukee, lederhosen-clad Bernie Brewer used to come out of his chalet at the top of old County Stadium and slide down into a beer stein.
From Washington Post
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