long beer

plural long beers

1. A beer served in a tall glass such as a schooner or pint.

   After three long beers over one long hour a new idea hit me.

   15 May 2005, Woroni, Canberra, page 5, column 2

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   [A]nd the jury, expectant and happy, retired to the out-room set apart for their use while the Court is refreshing itself with long beers and bread and cheese.

   11 Nov 1876, Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier, page 2, column 3

   After tramping around the city with a friend or two he had decided he would like a long beer to wash the dust out of his throat.

   14 Sept 1911, The Register, Adelaide, page 14, column 6

   It was in this spirit that he ordered a long beer, seated with Miss Gimblet on the sofa, and though the presence of ladies was clearly no novelty in that secluded spot, it was refreshing to observe the dignity of demeanour that Miss Gimblet saw fit to display in the presence of the barmaid.

   1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 135