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shan·dy

 (shăn′dē)
n. pl. shan·dies
A beverage made of beer mixed with lemonade, ginger ale, or another soft drink. Also called shandygaff.

[Short for shandygaff.]
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shandy

(ˈʃændɪ) or

shandygaff

n, pl -dies or -gaffs
(Brewing) an alcoholic drink made of beer and ginger beer or lemonade
[C19: of unknown origin]
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shan•dy

(ˈʃæn di)

n., pl. -dies. Chiefly Brit.
1. a mixture of beer and lemonade.
[1885–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shandy - a drink made of beer and lemonade
drink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
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Translations
جِعَةٌ ممزوجَةٌ بالليمون
shandy
shandy
gyömbérsör és limonádé
bjórblanda
alus un ingveralus/limonādes maisījums
gazozla karıştırılmış biraşandi

shandy

[ˈʃændɪ] Ncerveza f con gaseosa, clara f (Sp)
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shandy

[ˈʃændi] n (British)panaché m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shandy

n (Brit) → Bier ntmit Limonade; lemonade shandyAlsterwasser nt (N Ger), → Radlermaß nt (S Ger)
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shandy

[ˈʃændɪ] n (Brit) → birra con gazzosa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shandy

(ˈʃӕndi) plural ˈshandies noun
a mixture of beer and lemonade or ginger beer.
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Steep Soda will be creating high-end shandies, mixing their handmade soft drinks with local beer at the shandy bar.
Mr Green suggested to the friend Hughes had bought lager shandies in Bangor and a soft drink in the other pub.
Nathan, who's rocking a new dapper look in designer suits, laments: "Maybe he'd had a couple too many shandies and that's why he forgot I was ever in the band.
"For years, brewers around the world have experimented with fruit-flavored beer mixers, like shandies and radlers, which have been popular concoctions in Britain and Germany," Potthoff says.
His big answer to Scotland's booze problems: Tax our shandies.
The Sky Sports commentator has taken to necking "salt shandies" in a bid to cure his lost voice in time for Thursday's start of the Premier League darts.