table beer

English

Noun

table beer (countable and uncountable, plural table beers)

1. (archaic) Light, weak beer for common use.

   Synonym: small beer

   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     I called for water: some table-beer was brought me.

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