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skittles and beer

skittles and beer is the alternative form of beer and skittles.

Meaning of beer and skittles

Noun

beer and skittles pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Fun times; pleasure and leisure.
    • Well, well, we must bide our time. Life isn't all beer and skittles—but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.1857, Thomas Hughes, chapter 2, in Tom Brown's School Days

Questions about skittles and beer

What is skittles and beer the alternative form of?
Skittles and beer is the alternative form of beer and skittles.

Words near skittles and beer in the dictionary

  1. skittled
  2. skittled out
  3. skittler
  4. skittlers
  5. skittles
  6. skittles and beer
  7. skittles out
  8. skittles parties
  9. skittles party
  10. skittling
  11. skittling out

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