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stingo

/ˈstɪŋɡəʊ/

stingo noun: any strong beer.

Noun

stingo (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, slang) Any strong beer.
    • Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv?1716 March 21 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], The Drummer; or, The Haunted House. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1716 (indicated as 1715), →OCLC...
    • The elevated cavaliers sent […]for two tubs of merry stingo.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

stingo meaning in Tamil

stingo in Tamil

கார மதுவகை

Origin of stingo

From sting + -o.

Words that rhyme with stingo

Questions about stingo

What does stingo mean?
Stingo means any strong beer.
What is stingo in Tamil?
Stingo in Tamil is கார மதுவகை. See Stingo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stingo?
Stingo is a noun.
How do you pronounce stingo?
Stingo is pronounced /ˈstɪŋɡəʊ/.

Words near stingo in the dictionary

  1. stinglessness
  2. Stingley
  3. Stingleys
  4. Stingly
  5. Stinglys
  6. stingo
  7. stingproof
  8. stingray
  9. stingray shuffle
  10. stingrays
  11. stings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stingo (page history and authors); stingo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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