beer engine

noun British.

beer pump.

Origin of beer engine

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby beer engine

beeper, beer, beer and skittles, beer belly, beer bust, beer engine, beer garden, beer goggles, beer hall, beer nuts, beer o’clock

Example sentences from the Web for beer engine

  • She idly allowed her fingers to rest on the pull of the beer-engine as she inspected him critically.

    Jude the Obscure |Thomas Hardy