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needle beer

needle beer noun: alcoholic beer made illicitly by adding alcohol to near beer.

Noun

needle beer (countable and uncountable, plural needle beers)

  1. Alcoholic beer made illicitly by adding alcohol to near beer.

Forms of needle beer

pluralneedle beers

Origin of needle beer

So called because a needle could be used to inject alcohol into the cask.

Questions about needle beer

What does needle beer mean?
Needle beer means alcoholic beer made illicitly by adding alcohol to near beer.
What part of speech is needle beer?
Needle beer is a noun.
What is the plural of needle beer?
The plural of needle beer is needle beers.

Words near needle beer in the dictionary

  1. needle bars
  2. needle beam
  3. needle beams
  4. needle bearing
  5. needle bearings
  6. needle beer
  7. needle beers
  8. needle bush
  9. needle bushes
  10. needle dick
  11. needle dicks

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