beer pull

English

Noun

beer pull (plural beer pulls)

The handle of a beer pump on the bar of a pub, used to pull beer from a barrel or keg.
- 1941 August, G. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:
  The bar is reminiscent of the famous Long Bar at Shanghai, with an opulence about the decorative scheme; even the beer-pulls have blue willow pattern handles.

Alternative forms

beerpull, beer-pull

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