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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid.

   "Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels."

2. 2
   a glass for beer wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from German.

Example

More examples

"Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From German Seidel (“beer mug or a serving of beer of about a third of a liter”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Seidel.

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