Sentence:  ... their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a <WSD>growler</WSD> of lager and ale ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).