birch beer


noun
  1. a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.

Origin of birch beer

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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How to use birch beer in a sentence

  • Rene did not like the sagamity, but the cakes were good and the birch beer was fine she thought.

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