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(stīn)

noun

an earthenware beer mug, or a similar mug of pewter, glass, etc.
the amount that a stein will hold, about a pint

Origin: Ger < steingut, stoneware < stein, stone + gut, goods

Stein, Gertrude 1874-1946; U.S. writer in France

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noun

A mug, especially one for beer, usually holding about a pint.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , probably short for Steinkrug, stone jug

Origin: : Stein, stone (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see stāi- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + Krug, jug

American writer of experimental novels, poetry, essays, operas, and plays. In Paris during the 1920s she was a central member of a group of American expatriates that included Ernest Hemingway. Her works include Three Lives (1908), Tender Buttons (1914), and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933).

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