Schlitz

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proper noun

A surname from German.

“I'd like a Schlitz, please.”

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Meanings

proper nounSchlitz (plural Schlitzs or Schlitzes)

plural Schlitzs · plural Schlitzes

  1. A surname from German.
nounSchlitz (plural Schlitzes)

plural Schlitzes

  1. informalA beer from the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.

    I'd like a Schlitz, please.

    2 more examples

    When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer. (1960s slogan)

    [1966 bartender to his boss:] Mister Atkinson? We runnin' low on Schlitz.

    2015, Garth Ennis, Dreaming Eagles, number 1, page 1

Origin

  1. GermanSchlitz
  2. GermanSchlitz
  3. EnglishSchlitz

Borrowed from German Schlitz.

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APA

Schlitz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlitz

MLA

“Schlitz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlitz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Schlitz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlitz.

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