sleevern.
/ˈsliːvə/, U.S. /ˈslivər/, Australian English /ˈsliːvə/, New Zealand English /ˈsliːvə/ local, Australian, and New Zealand.
(See quots. 1896, 1899.) Also, a measure of drink (usually of beer) contained in a sleever. Cf. long-sleever n. at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass
glassc888
verrea1382
Venice glass1527
rummer1625
bottle glass1626
Malaga glassa1627
flute1649
flute-glass1668
long glass1680
mum-glass1684
toasting glass1703
wine glass1709
tulip-glass1755
tun-glass1755
water glass1779
tumbler-glass1795
Madeira glass1801
tumbling glass1803
noggin glass1805
champagne glass1815
table glass1815
balloon glass1819
copita1841
firing glass1842
nobbler1842
thimble glass1843
wine1848
liqueur-glass1850
straw-stem1853
pokal1854
goblet1856
mousseline1862
pony glass1862
long-sleever1872
cocktail glass1873
champagne flute1882
yard-glass1882
sleever1896
tea-glass1898
liqueur1907
dock-glass1911
toast-master glass1916
Waterford1916
stem-glass1922
Pilsner glass1923
Amen glass1924
ballon1930
balloon goblet1931
thistle glass1935
snifter1937
balloon1951
shot-glass1955
handle1956
tulip1961
schooner1967
champagne fountain1973
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > pint > three quarters of a pint
sleever1896
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of
cue1603
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jug?1635
gun1674
ale kilderkin1704
swank1726
nip1736
pint1742
pt.1850
yard of ale1872
square1882
half1888
butcher1889
rabbit1895
rigger1911
sleever1936
tank1936
middy1941
tallboy1956
tube1969
tinnie1974
1896 N. Brit. Daily Mail 7 Apr. 2 ‘The sleever,’ containing 13 fluid ounces, or 2 3-5ths gills, imperial measure, was another customary Welsh measure.
1899 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 3 8/1 A ‘sleever’ of beer..contains about three-quarters of a pint.
1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell v. 89 Places where the police weren't so quick off the mark if the landlord passed a few sleevers over the counter after six o'clock.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 67 Sleever, a drink, esp. a large drink.
1970 ‘H. Carmichael’ Remote Control i. 8 ‘I haven't got a glass with a handle so you'll have to make do with a sleever.’..She brought his beer.
1975 B. Meyrick Behind Light viii. 99 Herby used to nip up to the New Inn, buy a ‘sleever’ of beer and bring it back.
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