Lexicographical Neighbors of Beerage
Literary usage of Beerage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... beerage.—Within the last few years several " bungs " have been made Peers.
There is no particular objection to this, for brewing is just as likely to ..."
2. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... but rather the so-called " beerage" made up of wealthy brewers. By way of
relief from serious things, I may mention that about this time I happened to ..."
3. Studies of Men by George Washburn Smalley (1895)
"... Fluctuat nec mergitur' for his motto, for the poet did keep his head above
water, or above what the New Radical now delights to call the beerage. ..."
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