stingo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stingo
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
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
That is all I can remember, but it may serve to show that Irish Christianity is the real stingo, and no mistake.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
Let's try how it smells: Old Foxwhelp, and a humming stingo it is!
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
I never touch a drop of stingo before twelve at noon or after twelve at night.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
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