stingo
/sting-goh/US // ˈstɪŋ goʊ //
蜇人,蜇伤,蜇伏,蜇头
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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