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stingo

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[sting-goh] / ˈstɪŋ goʊ /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.
  1. strong beer.


Etymology

Origin of stingo

1625–35; sting + -o; cf. blotto, stinko

Example Sentences

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She spoke in a strong voice, got tangled up on some state names but finished with plenty of stingo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our patriot tap Is old, well-kept and genuine stingo; Not the chill quidnunc's cold cat-lap, Nor crude fire-water of the Jingo, But sound as good old English ale, Full-bodied, fragrant, mild, and mellow.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

Ther's a music i' thi lingo,    Spreeads a charm o'er hill an valley, As a drop ov Yorksher stingo    Warms an cheers a body's bally.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley

Let's try how it smells: Old Foxwhelp, and a humming stingo it is!

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh

Breweries.—In the days of old nearly every publican and innkeeper was his own brewer, the fame of his house depending almost solely on the quality of the "stingo" he could pour out to his customers.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman

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