"beer nut" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the US trademark Beer Nuts (named for their intended use as a snack with beer), though the US brand is not sold in Australia.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nuts",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Steve Katz, Mongolian Whiskey: Stolen Stories, page 37:",
          "text": "Stanley crumbled the husk of a beer nut between his thumb and middle finger.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Robin McGraw, Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose, page 28:",
          "text": "For instance, there's Phillip's opinion of chocolate: to him, it's just another snack—like beer nuts or a piece of fruit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Tim Schenck, What Size are God's Shoes?: Kids, Chaos, and the Spiritual Life, page 37:",
          "text": "At the end of the party, the parents of the birthday boy handed me a party bag and my prize: a bag of beer nuts. I've since wondered what kind of parent would possibly give an eight-year-old beer nuts, but whatever. It was the seventies.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A peanut served with its husk (but not its shell)."
      ],
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          "husk",
          "husk"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Australia) A peanut served with its husk (but not its shell)."
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "peanut served with its husk",
          "word": "kuorimaton maapähkinä"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "peanut served with its husk",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cacahuate estilo español"
        }
      ],
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        "Beer Nuts",
        "beer nut"
      ]
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  "word": "beer nut"
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the US trademark Beer Nuts (named for their intended use as a snack with beer), though the US brand is not sold in Australia.",
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        "plural"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Robin McGraw, Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose, page 28:",
          "text": "For instance, there's Phillip's opinion of chocolate: to him, it's just another snack—like beer nuts or a piece of fruit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Tim Schenck, What Size are God's Shoes?: Kids, Chaos, and the Spiritual Life, page 37:",
          "text": "At the end of the party, the parents of the birthday boy handed me a party bag and my prize: a bag of beer nuts. I've since wondered what kind of parent would possibly give an eight-year-old beer nuts, but whatever. It was the seventies.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A peanut served with its husk (but not its shell)."
      ],
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          "husk",
          "husk"
        ]
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        "(Australia) A peanut served with its husk (but not its shell)."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "peanut served with its husk",
      "word": "kuorimaton maapähkinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peanut served with its husk",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacahuate estilo español"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beer nut"
}