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stingo

[ sting-goh ]

noun

, Chiefly British Slang.
  1. strong beer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stingo1

1625–35; sting + -o; blotto, stinko
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Example Sentences

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.

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