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Bass, n.6|bæs| [Proper name: see below.] Bass's ale or beer, the ‘India Pale Ale’ or ‘Bitter Beer’ manufactured by Messrs. Bass & Co. of Burton-on-Trent. Also with a and pl., a bottle of Bass.
1849Illustr. Lond. News 26 May 336 The consumption of Bass..is beyond belief. 1850Thackeray Pendennis II. v. 42 Many a day I've drunk a dozen of Bass at Calcutta. 1909Daily Chron. 3 Feb. 4/6 The first signs of returning vitality given by the Prince was to ask feebly for a bottle of ‘Bass’. 1953Dylan Thomas Let. 24 Aug. (1966) 412 Oh, to bask unasked in a Bass cask. |