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table beer

table beer noun: light, weak beer for common use.

Noun

table beer (countable and uncountable, plural table beers)

  1. (archaic) Light, weak beer for common use.
    • I called for water: some table-beer was brought me.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
    Synonyms:
    small beer

Synonyms of table beer

Forms of table beer

pluraltable beers

Questions about table beer

What does table beer mean?
Table beer means light, weak beer for common use.
What part of speech is table beer?
Table beer is a noun.
What is the plural of table beer?
The plural of table beer is table beers.

Words near table beer in the dictionary

  1. tablatures
  2. table
  3. table apple
  4. table apples
  5. Table Bay
  6. table beer
  7. table beers
  8. table beet
  9. table beets
  10. table bell
  11. table bells

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