a mixture of common ale, porter, and double (or twopenny) beer, popular 1700: see quots.

A drink consisting of light ale with a dash of whisky or brandy, usually mixed with a little oatmeal.

A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. of ale and porter.

(a) a cup for drinking porter; (b) an alcoholic drink containing porter mixed with other ingredients (see quot. 1880).

A drink composed of a mixture of beer and ginger-beer.

Ale taken with strong liquor. Frequently with allusion to the effects of drinking such a mixture.

A mixture composed half of stout and half of porter. (So called in London, and some other places: see quot. 1873.)

slang. A drink consisting of a mix of porter (or stout) and ale.

half ale, half porter, at four-pence a quart.

slang. A mixture of old ale and bitter; (later also) a mixture of stout and bitter. Also: a drink of this.

= shandygaff, n. Also: a mixture of beer and fizzy lemonade.

slang. A kind of shandy-gaff.

a mixture of mild and bitter beer.

Canadian regional (western). A drink made from beer and tomato juice.