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stingo

[ sting-goh ]

/ ˈstɪŋ goʊ /

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noun Chiefly British Slang.

strong beer.

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Origin of stingo

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

Words nearby stingo

stinging capsule, stinging hair, stinging nettle, stinging tree, stingless bee, stingo, stingray, stingy, stink, stinkard, stinkaroo

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How to use stingo in a sentence

It's all very well for women; but a man, Betty, a man mun ha' a sup of real stingo, lass.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various
Don't you think, Stingo, our landlady could accommodate the gentlemen by the fire-side, with——three chairs and a bolster?
She Stoops to Conquer|Oliver Goldsmith
No. 183 is the Yorkshire Stingo public-house, which preserves the name of a celebrated tavern and place of entertainment.
Hampstead and Marylebone|Geraldine Edith Mitton
There are booths and tents for the sale of real Stingo, and horses are picketed on a hillside in the distance.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume|Joseph Grego

Bernard did not seem to have enjoyed much more of Stingo's society than Lance of his violin's—the produce of the same bounty.
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge