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Guinness|ˈgɪnɪs|
[Family name.]
The proprietary name of a brand of stout manufactured by the firm of Guinness; a bottle or glass of this. Also Comb., as Guinness-coloured adj.
1836Dickens Sk. Boz I. 190 A large hamper of Guinness's stout. Ibid. 191 Taking..a draught of Guinness. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. 2nd Ser. 79 With a three-corner'd Sandwich, and soupçon of ‘Guinness's’. 1897Sat. Rev. 2 Jan. 2/1 An Irishman drinking his Guinness with uncharacteristic quietude in a London ‘pub’. 1922G. Saintsbury Scrap Bk. viii. 33 You can't see the stones for the Guinness-coloured foam. 1928H. Jenkins Stiffsons iv. 118 Oh! for some fish and chips and a bottle of Guinness. 1930[see black velvet s.v. black a. 19]. |