stingo

American  

[sting-goh] / ˈstɪŋ goʊ /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

1. strong beer.

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Etymology

Origin of stingo

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I was a bee, sucking sordid honey from life's fairest flowers, dreaded and shunned on account of my stingo.

From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by Henry, O.

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 Hartley, John

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 Harman, Thomas T.

He says we are heroes, right stingo, He vows W.G.'s an old fool.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 by Various