shandy

[ shan-dee ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, plural shan·dies.

1. a mixture of beer and lemonade.
2. shandygaff.

shandy

/ ˈʃændɪ; ˈʃændɪˌɡæf /

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made of beer and ginger beer or lemonade

Word History and Origins

Origin of shandy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; short for shandygaff

Word History and Origins

Origin of shandy¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

He would enjoy a Scotch malt whisky, "chuckling away to himself", while his security detail would have a shandy.

From BBC

No hard liquor license, but the creative drink list includes a blackberry sake mule, peach-cherry rosé sangria and a shandy made from grapefruit, tamarind and PBR.

From Seattle Times

He was critiquing naturalism; instead, he wanted to frame a counter-history, to move beyond the realistic fiction of Samuel Richardson or Dostoevsky toward the more amorphous whimsy of Denis Diderot or Laurence Sterne, whose 18th century mashup “Tristram Shandy” Kundera admired, characterizing it — approvingly — as “unserious throughout.”

From Los Angeles Times

The aggressive jumps from subplot to subplot, many involving new or peripheral characters are less in evidence — Keeley’s professional and romantic dalliances with, respectively, Shandy and Jack, had been particular offenders — and their absence is a welcome break.

From New York Times

In 1759, at the beginning of the history of the English novel, Laurence Sterne began publishing installments of his metadramatic novel, “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.”

From Washington Post