stingo
noun/ˈstɪŋɡəʊ/
Etymology From sting + -o.
- Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv?1716 March 21 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], The Drummer; or, The Haunted House. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1716 (indicated as 1715), →OCLC, Act V, page 46:
- The elevated cavaliers sent […]for two tubs of merry stingo.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
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- For my outside I never need fear me / While warm with real stingo within.c. 1824, John Clare, The Toper's Rant: