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

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 Buckley, Robert John

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.

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 Post, Charles J.