straight glass
noun/ˈstreɪt ɡlɑːs/
/ˈstreɪt ɡlæs/
- a plain glass with no handle that holds one pint (= 0.568 of a litre in the UK and some other countries, and 0.473 of a litre in the US) of beer. Most pubs in Britain serve beer in these glasses and also in 'pint pots' which have handles and are made of thicker glass, and many beer drinkers prefer their beer in one type of glass or the other
- Would you like a straight glass or a handle?
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