Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
schooner
A glass or serving of beer: commonly around 425 millilitres, but traditionally about 285 millilitres in South Australia.
In a sentence
A South Australian schooner may be smaller than the one you expected.
Where it came from
Schooner is used around Australia for a beer glass, but it does not name one national measure. South Australia traditionally uses it for a smaller serving than most eastern states.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Australia-wide name with regionally different measure