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pinter

noun — 3 senses

pinter

noun

Etymology From pint + -er.

1

UK, Slang, In combinations The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer

2

UK, Slang, In combinations A container that holds a certain number of pints.

  • “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red, page 262:
3

UK, Slang, In combinations Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.

  • She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

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