Green’s Dictionary of Slang

charlie freer n.

[rhy. sl.]

beer.

1909
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1981
[UK]J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.
[UK]P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 99: Don’t be too surprised if the gentleman standing next to you in an East End pub asks for a Charlie Freer.