Sentence:  “... the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like/   Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of <WSD>beer</WSD>. ...” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.