shandygaff

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shandygaff (SHAN-dee-gaff) - n., a beverage made of beer mixed with ginger beer, lemonade, or other soft-drink.


Usually in equal parts. Sometimes shortened to shandy, and in Australia that's most often used when the soft-drink is a lemon-lime soda such as Sprite. Name is attested from 1853, origin entirely unknown.


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---L.