Meanings
nountable beer (countable and uncountable, plural table beers)
plural table beers
- archaiccountableuncountableLight, weak beer for common use.
I called for water: some table-beer was brought me.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLCSynonyms: small beer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLight, weak beer for common use.
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table beer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20beer
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“table beer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20beer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “table beer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20beer.
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