(countable, uncountable) Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.
Looking back to the 18th century, when the production of very low-alcohol ‘small’ beers was widespread as a safer alternative to dirty drinking water for the whole family, Small Beer produces a set of sub-3% brews.
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(uncountable, figurative, chiefly, British) Something that is of relatively little importance.
The income from standard widgets is small beer compared to the income from the gold-plated ones.
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