country beer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See country (“made in India, not imported”).
Noun[edit]
country beer (countable and uncountable, plural country beers)
- (India, historical) Beer made in India, not imported from Europe or elsewhere.
- (India, historical) A cooling fizzy drink made with tamarinds, lemons, sugar, etc.
References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “country beer”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].