- near beer
- noun Date: 1909 any of various malt liquors considered nonalcoholic because they contain less than a specified percentage of alcohol
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Near beer — Any of various malt liquors (see Citation below). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Near beer is a term of common currency used to designate all that class of malt liquors which contain so little alcohol (usually less than 1/2 per cent) that they will not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
near beer — near′ beer′ n. vin a malt beverage similar to beer but containing less than ½ percent alcohol • Etymology: 1905–10, amer … From formal English to slang
near beer — n. a malt beverage resembling beer but containing no alcohol or no more than a mandated low percentage of alcohol … English World dictionary
near beer — noun drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol • Hypernyms: ↑beverage, ↑drink, ↑drinkable, ↑potable * * * noun : any of various malt liquors resembling beer but considered nonalcoholic because containing less than 1/2… … Useful english dictionary
near-beer — n. beer with less than 1/2 percent alcohol content. (Originally from the Prohibition era.) □ I read in the paper that near beer is making a comeback. □ You can drink a lot of near beer without getting drunk … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
near beer — any of several malt beverages that are similar to beer but are usually considered nonalcoholic because they have an alcoholic content of less than 1/2 percent. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
near beer — A malt liquor containing so little alcohol that it will not produce intoxication, even though consumed in quantity. State v Danenberg, 151 NC 718, 66 SE 301 … Ballentine's law dictionary
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