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Definition of 'stein'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein . Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • *1974 , (Thomas Pynchon), (w, Gravity's Rainbow)
  • *:A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
  • References

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]