stingo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stingo
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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
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
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
I axed a chap what thay wur, an' he sed that thay wur beg barrels o' stingo, an' thur wur pipes laid on to the peeple's housen vor thay to draw vram.
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
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