SMALL BEER meaning: Insignificant matter; weak alcoholic beverage

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word small beer:

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small-beer, small beer: Merriam-Webster
small beer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
small beer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
small beer: Collins English Dictionary
small beer: Vocabulary.com
small-beer, small beer: Wordnik
small beer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
small beer: Wiktionary
small beer: Infoplease Dictionary
small beer: Dictionary.com
Small beer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
small beer: Rhymezone
small-beer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Small Beer: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
small beer: FreeDictionary.org
small beer: Mnemonic Dictionary
small beer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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small beer: Encyclopedia

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small beer: Idioms

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small beer, small beer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (small beer)

▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable) Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, figurative, chiefly British) Something that is of relatively little importance.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.

Opposite:

strong beer, ale, stout, porter

Types:

lager, ale, stout, porter, malt liquor, hard cider, fruit beer, wheat beer, herb beer, more...

Adjectives:

homebrewed, double, draft, entire, stubby, proof, draught, natty, well, cooking, flip

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