stingo

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/ˈstɪŋɡəʊ/

noun

Any strong beer.

OriginEnglish oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh →
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Meanings

nounstingo (uncountable)
  1. archaicslanguncountableAny strong beer.

    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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    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

    For my outside I never need fear me / While warm with real stingo within.

    c. 1824, John Clare, The Toper's Rant

Origin

  1. Englishsting
  2. Latinō
  3. Old Frenchoh
  4. Middle Englisho
  5. EnglishO
  6. Middle Englisho
  7. Englishoh
  8. Englishstingo

From sting + -o.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stingo

bingoflamingolingodingopingojingoolingoSanto Domingo
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Anagrams

Gostin
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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