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ginger beer

noun

  1. a soft drink similar to ginger ale but containing more ginger flavor.


ginger beer

noun

  1. a slightly alcoholic drink made by fermenting a mixture of syrup and root ginger


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ginger beer1

First recorded in 1800–10

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Example Sentences

Pour over ice in a rocks glass and top off with Fentimans Ginger Beer.

Ginger-beer could also be procured, and there were suspicions that the bottles so called contained something contraband.

But Sarah Anne she up wi' her fist and knocked him down as flat as ginger-beer as has had t' cork out a fortnight.

He pointed to Adeliza as he spoke, who, pale and mute, stood fainting against a heap of ginger-beer bottles.

It was well known that ginger-beer was made in villages in stone bottles.

Half a dozen of ginger-beer, three gipsy cakes, and twenty sovereigns in change!

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