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stingo

/sting-goh/US // ˈstɪŋ goʊ //

蜇人,蜇伤,蜇伏,蜇头

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British Slang.

    • : strong beer.

Examples

  • It's all very well for women; but a man, Betty, a man mun ha' a sup of real stingo, lass.

  • Don't you think, Stingo, our landlady could accommodate the gentlemen by the fire-side, with——three chairs and a bolster?

  • No. 183 is the Yorkshire Stingo public-house, which preserves the name of a celebrated tavern and place of entertainment.

  • There are booths and tents for the sale of real Stingo, and horses are picketed on a hillside in the distance.

  • Bernard did not seem to have enjoyed much more of Stingo's society than Lance of his violin's—the produce of the same bounty.