seidel

[ sahyd-l, zahyd-l ]

noun

1. a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seidel¹

1905–10; < German; Middle High German sīdel < Latin situla bucket

Example Sentences

Soon we were sitting, four men in all, at a little, nicely decorated table, cutting into the steaming platter and drinking out of small seidels a magnificent sparkling wine.

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"You may let me have a seidel of gin!" he says, sneerin' at the Kid—and we all fainted!

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He had a full seidel of beer in his right hand and his empty left sleeve was flapping.

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The Devil, finishing his seidel of Würzburger, eyed the young man quizzically.

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They are always eating, mammoth plates heaped high with Bavarian cabbage, Koenigsberger Klopps, Hasenpfeffer, noodles, sauerkraut, Wiener Schnitzel ... drinking seidels of beer.

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