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[ shan-dee-gaf ] / ˈʃæn diˌgæf /
noun Chiefly British.a mixed drink of beer with ginger beer. Origin of shandygaffFirst recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain Words nearby shandygaffshamus, Shan, Shandong, shandrydan, shandy, shandygaff, Shane, Shang, Shangaan, shanghai, Shango Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shandygaffAfter a ten-mile pull on the river, a shandygaff of Bass and champagne is comforting to the oarsman. The Truth About Tristrem Varick|Edgar Saltus Shandygaff, shan′di-gaf, n. a mixture of bitter ale or beer with ginger-beer. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various In taverns, of course, the churchwarden—beloved of Carlyle and Tennyson—was usually smoked to the accompaniment of shandygaff. The Social History of Smoking|G. L. Apperson Officers dismounted at the Club, quaffed "shandygaff" and sometimes even "Scotch and soda" in silent sense of exasperation. A Soldier's Trial|Charles King
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