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ˈsleever local, Austral., and N.Z.
(See quots. 1896, 1899.) Also, a measure of drink (usu. of beer) contained in a sleever. Cf. long-sleever s.v. long a.1 18.
1896N.B. Daily Mail 7 Apr. 2 ‘The sleever,’ containing 13 fluid ounces, or 2 3-5ths gills, imperial measure, was another customary Welsh measure. 1899N. & Q. Ser. ix. III. 8/1 A ‘sleever’ of beer..contains about three-quarters of a pint. 1936‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell v. 89 Places where the police weren't so quick off the mark if the landlord passed a few sleevers over the counter after six o'clock. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 67 Sleever, a drink, esp. a large drink. 1970‘H. Carmichael’ Remote Control i. 8 ‘I haven't got a glass with a handle so you'll have to make do with a sleever.’..She brought his beer. 1975B. Meyrick Behind Light viii. 99 Herby used to nip up to the New Inn, buy a ‘sleever’ of beer and bring it back. |