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SPRUCE-BEER

\spɹˈuːsbˈi͡ə], \spɹˈuːsbˈi‍ə], \s_p_ɹ_ˈuː_s_b_ˈiə]\

Definitions of SPRUCE-BEER

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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spr[=oo]s'-b[=e]r, n. beer flavoured with a decoction of the young shoots of the spruce-fir. [Ger. sprossen-bier, sprossen, young shoots, Englished as Pruce-beer, i.e. Prussian beer.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

n. A kind of beer flavoured with spruce.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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