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Stingo

Stingo \Stin"go\, n. [From Sting.] Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang]

Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow?
--Addison.

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stingo

n. (context slang archaic English) strong beer

Usage examples of "stingo".

Kenyon said firmly, thumping down his pint of stingo to ex- change it for the glass of brandy.

Ray Stingo and then Oppy came running to Joe, shouting at the same time.

Sergeant Stingo to swing by here on the way back so I could ask you to drive Dr Pillsbury around the high explosive sites today.

Ray Stingo was riding on a Sherman tank, taking a practice spin, treads flattening cactus.

Not only had she been scheduled that morning to deliver an important presentation to the Board of Directors of Memetic Solutions, but now the infuriating yet attractive Stingo Strine had shown up on her office doorstep.

A few minutes of coy pleading at the bar secured her a Stingo every time.

The Stingo in the barrel was lower than of rights, and more than once she had caught her husband looking almost happy, at which she beat the house about his ears.

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