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shandygaff

noun

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Perhaps from dialectal shandy (“boisterous, empty-headed”) + gaff (“outcry, nonsense”).

  1. derived from gaf — “hook”
  2. derived from gaffe
  3. inherited from gaffe
  4. formed as shandygaff — “shandy + gaff”

Definitions

  1. A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

    • On that side, plain for hundreds of miles; on this, forest: there, they drink squash and shandygaff; here, whisky and strong beer

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