stein
stein
Definition
stein (stīn)
noun
- an earthenware beer mug, or a similar mug of pewter, glass, etc.
- the amount that a stein will hold, about a pint
Etymology: Ger < steingut, stoneware < stein, stone + gut, goods
Stein
Definition
Stein (stīn)
Stein, Gertrude 1874-1946; U.S. writer in France
stein
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- lager: Then how does an evening of live bands, great atmosphere, huge steins of lager and welcoming serving wenches sound?
- bier: That said I took my stein of bier and took my seat and readied myself.
Converse of object
- sink: He could head down to the local bierkeller should he so desire tonight and sink a stein to the legal system.
Adjective modifier
- few: You'll then have time to visit the Checkpoint Charlie Museum or sample some sauerkraut and bratwurst and down a few steins of beer!
- internal: States have in internal medicine stein a that benefit packages faced by most.
Modifies a noun
- manager: Ted stein manager site is hardly new company's central office.
Noun used with modifier
- beer: I even had my German beer stein at the ready.
- epidemiology: Of natives as of epidemiology stein a covering the Ryan-Reum Insurance Agency uninsured.
- medicine: States have in internal medicine stein a that benefit packages faced by most.
Stein Quotes
Hehadaddedtohisstoriesa littlestoryofmeditationsand inthesehesaidthat The Enormous Roomwasthegreatest book he had ever read. It was then that Gertrude Stein said,Hemingway, remarks are not literature.
Gertrude Stein's prose song is a cold, black suet- puddingof fabulously reptilian length.
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