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†(a) ‘A cant name for strong beer’ (Johnson). Obsolete. (b) In present use, a strong variety of porter.
a superior kind of porter.
The proprietary name of a brand of stout manufactured by the firm of Guinness; a bottle or glass of this. Also in combinations, as Guinness-coloured…
a kind of sweet stout made with lactose; also figurative.