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handle
a beer glass with a handle: Get me a handle. Compare butcher, glass, middy1, middy2, pony, pot, schooner1, schooner2, seven.
Contributor's comments: The term handle is used at traditional inner urban/city Melbourne pubs. Generally speaking, it is preferable not to drink from a 'handle' given the similarity to sipping a cup of tea (the handle on the side).
Contributor's comments: Came across the term "handle" at the Pine Creek Hotel about 250 km south of Darwin in 1984. However, I was never sure whether it was used to refer the glass in which beer was served (a 10 oz straight-sided type with a large handle) or to the use of the handle on the "tap" to dispense the beer. An order of a "handle" invariably worked at the bar whereas the use of any souther term (glass, pot, schooner) met with an affected blank stare. There was only beer available on tap for the handles - all other brands were served as opened stubbies or cans. Interestingly, on a return trip 5 years later, with the hotel then under new ownership, we found the term to be ineffective at the bar.
Contributor's comments: This term is also used in the south-west of WA