shandy

• enPR: shăn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈʃændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Shortening of shandygaff.

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

1. (uncountable, UK, Ireland) A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
2. (countable) A glass of this drink.
   • 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 95:

     ‘Even the Methodist minister’s wife had a shandy at the sportsground.’

• hand shandy
• rock shandy

• black and tan
• portergaff

From an extension of dialectal shand (“worthless”), or from shand (“disgrace, dishonour”) +‎ -y.

shandy (comparative shandier, superlative shandiest)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious
2. (Northern England, Scotland) unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated
3. (Northern England, Scotland) empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy
4. (Northern England, Scotland) mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated
5. (Northern England, Scotland) poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy

• shan
• shanny

• dandy shandy (probably etymologically unrelated)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

1. (Australia, in Australian Chinese cuisine) A combination dish typically consisting of rice, one or more mains and one or more servings of appetisers.
   • 2015 January 29, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN:

     The most popular dishes included special fried rice, chicken with almonds, and sweet and sour pork. Those who were indecisive could order the shandy special, which was basically a combination of the three dishes in one meal.

• handsy