Definition of Shandy

1. Noun. A drink made of beer and lemonade.

Exact synonyms: Shandygaff
Generic synonyms: Drink

Definition of Shandy

1. Noun. A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade. ¹

2. Noun. A glass of this drink. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shandy

1. an alcoholic drink [n -DIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shandy

shamshir
shamus
shamuses
shan't
shana tova
shanachie
shanachies
shand
shandies
shandite
shandries
shandry
shandrydan
shandrydans
shands
shandy (current term)
shandygaff
shandygaffs
shanghai
shanghaied
shanghaier
shanghaiers
shanghaiing
shanghais
shank
shank's mare
shank's pony
shank-nag
shank-weary
shank bone

Literary usage of Shandy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1764)
"... ribaldry that Mr. shandy, in the levity of his ungoverned humour may chance to throw out, is a degree of impiety that the moft profligate private fellow ..."

2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"From 'Tristram shandy.' I am half distracted, Captain shandy, said Mrs. Wad- man, holding up her cambric handkerchief to her left eye, as she approached the ..."

3. The Complete Works and Life of Laurence Sterne by Laurence Sterne, Wilbur Lucius Cross, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1904)
"There cannot be the slightest doubt that he drew her in Mrs shandy,* though, of course, the obstreperous, argumentative shandy must naturally have suggested ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"The humorous novel, in its narrowest sense, stood chiefly under the influence of Sterne's "Tristram shandy." Sterne's want of form, his endless digressions, ..."

5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"in every incident which concerns the celebrated Captain Toby shandy, for the creation of which character this author may most easily be forgiven his ..."

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