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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beerpot en · NOUN

Etymology

From beer + pot.

Meanings

  1. A cup or mug for drinking beer.
    • Although the beerpot was not sunk in the floor, […] in other respects the conduct of the beerparty followed from past practice. As was appropriate, my 'brother', Maroa, 'opened' the beerpot before anyone started to drink. 2000, Journal of Religion in Africa: Religion en Afrique, page 77:
    • I tumbled onto the sawdust in a tangle of arms and legs with my left fist gripped around my beerpot struggling to keep it vertical. Some beer was spilt, I admit: not a lot. 2014, Alan Burt Akers, Challenge of Antares, page 99:

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