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wife beater en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of wifebeater.
    alt of wifebeater
    • The drink, which at 5.2 per cent alcohol is stronger than many other lagers and therefore makes people drunker and sometimes more aggressive more quickly, has acquired the unflattering soubriquet of "wife beater". 2007 November 15, Victoria Moore, “Where did it all go wrong for the beer they call 'wife beater'?”, in The Daily Mail:

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wife beaters Number=Plur lexicographic