Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Strong malt liquor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Old Slang Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.
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- noun slang, archaic strong
beer
Etymologies
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Examples
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LMAO @ stingo and ewu can beer na wa o! married men sef..no respect..
Get thee behind me! princesa 2008
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Of course, corruption wasn't general, or even common, but it happened in those good old sporting days - and whatever the purists may say, there was a life and stingo about cricket then that you don't get now.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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They importuned me to drink something before I went to bed; and upon my refusing, at last left a bottle of _stingo_, as they called it, for fear I should wake and be thirsty in the night.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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And serves out the stingo to each in fair rations.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 Various
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Faith, there must ha'been some stingo in the ginger. '
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I never touch a drop of stingo before twelve at noon or after twelve at night.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888
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I was a bee, sucking sordid honey from life's fairest flowers, dreaded and shunned on account of my stingo.
Waifs and Strays Part 1 O. Henry 1886
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They importuned me to drink something before I went to bed; and upon my refusing, at last left a bottle of stingo, as they called it, for fear I should wake and be thirsty in the night.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885
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In a right bowl of stingo, in the which the Baron cheerily
Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 Various 1876
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Yorkshire stingo (good old ale), being much attached to stingo tipple, of the best double stout, home-brewed quality.
sionnach commented on the word stingo
strong ale or beer
October 15, 2007