bock beer
noun
variants or bock
: a heavy dark rich beer usually sold in the early spring
Word History
Etymology
bock beer partial translation of German Bockbier, from Bavarian variants (as Oambock, Ambock, earlier Ainpöckisch Bier) of standard German Einbeckerbier, literally, "beer from Einbeck," from Einbeck, town in Hannover, Germany; bock borrowed from German, short for Bockbier
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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