Pabstn.
/pabst/, U.S. /pæbst/ U.S.
A proprietary name for: a kind of lager.
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1893 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 29 Sept. 1/1 (advt.) Pabst Milwaukee Beer
1920 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 June 579/2 Pabst... Beer and Malt Extracts. Claims use since June, 1889.
1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1970) iv. 169 Poppy was still in the breakfast nook poring over his insurance records and slugging away his Pabst.
1974 Black World Mar. 59/1 He opened the refrigerator. In its confines were two cans of Pabst.
1995 J. Beatty Mad River 21 A six pack of Pabst in the saddlebags.
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attributive. Designating a kind of malt extract tonic made by the Pabst Brewing Company. Now historical and rare.
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1894 Arizona Republican 16 Sept. 2 (advt.) Pabst Malt Extract... The best tonic for nursing mothers or invalids.
1904 Collier's 7 May 18/2 (advt.) Pabst Extract. The ‘Best’ Tonic, rallies the disordered forces of your system, giving them new strength, courage and power to resist illness.
1999 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 11 Nov. e6 The text [written in 1897], supposedly the endorsement of a nursing mother, praises Pabst Extract for its revitalizing and nourishing qualities for both mother and newborn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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