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beerhood

beerhood noun: a group of people who drink beer together; a beer club.

Noun

beerhood (plural beerhoods)

  1. (humorous, rare) A group of people who drink beer together; a beer club.
    • He went to church, and came back with the determination to abstain for a whole month from all intoxicating drinks. All his old beerhood fraternity warned him against such a resolution.1868, Elihu Burritt, A Walk From London to Land's End and Back, With Notes by the Way, second edition, London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, page 75

Forms of beerhood

pluralbeerhoods

Origin of beerhood

From beer + -hood. First attested in 1865.

Questions about beerhood

What does beerhood mean?
Beerhood means a group of people who drink beer together; a beer club.
What part of speech is beerhood?
Beerhood is a noun.
What is the plural of beerhood?
The plural of beerhood is beerhoods.

Words near beerhood in the dictionary

  1. beerguts
  2. beerhall
  3. beerhalls
  4. beerhead
  5. beerheads
  6. beerhood
  7. beerhound
  8. beerhounds
  9. beerhouse
  10. beerhouses
  11. beerier

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