ginger beer vs gingernut

ginger beer

• A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger. 

• queer (i.e. homosexual). 

• A glass or drink of ginger beer. 

• queer (i.e. homosexual). 

gingernut

• A hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea. 

• A redhead; a ginger-haired person.