shan|dy|gaff

shan|dy|gaff
shan|dy|gaff «SHAN dee gaf», noun.
beer and ginger ale or ginger beer mixed.
[perhaps < dialectal shandy wild, half crazy + gaff 2 in the sense of “vociferous joking”]

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