shandy

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And maybe on a very hot day a shandy, which is a mixture of beer and lemonade.

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  • The weather was very hot, and railway travelling at times oppressive, even to delegates from the sunny land of France, and shandy-gaff, a beverage new to most of the visitors, was in great request. —  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland
  • And maybe on a very hot day a shandy, which is a mixture of beer and lemonade. —  Blog updates
  • T-u-e's'd-a-y's" -a-n'd" "T-h-u'r's'd-a-y's" p-u-n-c't-u-a'l" -a's" -a" -c'l-o-c-k-. —  Masterpieces in Miniature
  • "or only considered it as a tolerable ingredient of shandy --" —  For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War
  • Wull ane o’ them dae for ye A shandy, then, please.’ Sally paid for her drink. —  Winking at the Brim - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 48: 1974
 

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