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
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
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.
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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
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