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Definition of Stingo
1. n. Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.
Definition of Stingo
1. Noun. (slang archaic) strong beer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stingo
1. a strong ale or beer [n -GOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stingo
Literary usage of Stingo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century by Warwick William Wroth, Arthur Edgar Wroth (1896)
"THE YORKSHIRE stingo THE Yorkshire stingo, a public-house on the south side of
the Marylebone Road, nearly opposite Chapel Street and the entrance to Lisson ..."
2. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"SONGS OF THE VINE 81 A CUP OF OLD stingo THERE is a lusty liquor which Good
fellows use to take-a, It is distill'd with nard most rich, And water of the ..."
3. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"81 A CUP OF OLD stingo THERE is a lusty liquor which Good fellows use to take-a,
It is distill'd with nard most rich, And water of the lake-a; ..."
4. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"81 A CUP OF OLD stingo THERE is a lusty liquor which Good fellows use to take-a,
... too; Being barrell'd up, they call'ta cup Of dainty good old stingo. ..."
5. Marylebone and St. Pancras: Their History, Celebrities, Buildings, and by George Clinch (1890)
"Opposite Lisson Grove and on the south side of Marylebone Road, there used to be
a very celebrated public-house known as the Yorkshire stingo. ..."
6. British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from by Owen Williams (1828)
"stingo, tell the gentlemen the way to Mr. ... stingo, our landlady could accommodate
the gentlemen by the fireside, with — three chairs and a bolster? ..."
7. The Antiquary (1891)
"The Yorkshire stingo, the Old Farthing Pie House, the Rose of Normandy, and the
Jew's Harp were among the other notable taverns of Marylebone. ..."
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