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English
Noun
near beer (countable and uncountable, plural near beers)
- Any of a class of malt liquors that contain so little alcohol (usually less than 0.5%) that they will not produce intoxication.
1924, “Proposed Modification of the Prohibition Law to Permit the Manufacture, Sale and Use of 2.75 Per Cent Beverages: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session”, in Barrel and Box and Packages, volume 21:That which we now have, and called near beer, with less than a half per cent of alcohol, is not drinkable, it is not palatable, it is not good, it is no part of a meal, nor can it be made a part of a meal.
1932, Albert DeMond, Boo:Maybe that near beer was nearer than he thought.
- 2016, "Lawmakers wade into debate over grocery store beer," Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press
- A bill moving through the state Legislature would allow more grocery stores to sell beer stronger than 3.2 percent alcohol, or “near beer.”
Translations
malt liquors with very little alcohol
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