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12-ounce curls en · NOUN

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Etymology

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: 12 ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise. The notion is of lifting a can of beer to one's lips repeatedly.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) The activity of drinking beer.
   • Don't burn out your biceps with 12-ounce curls. 2006 June, Scott Quill, “Muscle Bulletin: Pass the Bar”, in Men's Health, →ISSN:

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