beerpot

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English

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Etymology

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From beer +‎ pot.

Noun

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beerpot (plural beerpots)

  1. A cup or mug for drinking beer.
    • 2000, Journal of Religion in Africa: Religion en Afrique, page 77:
      Although the beerpot was not sunk in the floor, [] in other respects the conduct of the beerparty followed from past practice. As was appropriate, my 'brother', Maroa, 'opened' the beerpot before anyone started to drink.
    • 2014, Alan Burt Akers, Challenge of Antares, page 99:
      I tumbled onto the sawdust in a tangle of arms and legs with my left fist gripped around my beerpot struggling to keep it vertical. Some beer was spilt, I admit: not a lot.