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one for the road en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) A final drink before one leaves.
    • [...] and the rebuilding of Birmingham New Street with its Taurus Bar ("where one for the road - the railroad - can be taken with impunity"). 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, pages 44–45:
    • So I said, "Okay, Amy. But let's have one for the road." And I poured us each a hell of a big slug and gave her hers -and that's what did it- that one for the road. She got it down and passed out cold. 2021, Fredric Brown, One for the Road, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
  2. (idiomatic, uncountable) A snack to consume while traveling.
    • "It won't hurt us to take one for the road," Ernie whined. "With our compliments," Pancho said. He reached for two more ice creams and handed them to the villains. 2021, Terry Catasus Jennings, All for One, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
    • She held out a box of doughnuts that sat open on the table. "Take one for the road." I grabbed a jelly-filled one, my favorite kind. "Thank you. Thank you so much." I walked to the bus stop, shoveling the doughnut into my mouth. 2018, Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address, Tundra, →ISBN:
    • "Cotton candy," he said. "I want the blue kind."[…]He opened it and took out a few bills and handed them to Joey. "Here," he said. "Get one for the road." 2011, David-Matthew Barnes, Accidents Never Happen, Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN:

Relateds

stirrup cup

Synonyms

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Translations (27)

ko 막잔 (a final drink before one leaves) · nl afzakkertje (a final drink before one leaves) · cv ҫул курки (a final drink before one leaves) · udm учорос (a final drink before one leaves) · cmn 最後一杯酒 /最后一杯酒 (a final drink before one leaves) · be на разье́знае (a final drink before one leaves) · gd deoch an dorais (a final drink before one leaves) · pl strzemienny (a final drink before one leaves) · kpv бӧръя румка (a final drink before one leaves) · ru на посошо́к (a final drink before one leaves) · pt saideira (a final drink before one leaves) · ja 最後の一杯 (a final drink before one leaves) · ru посошо́к (a final drink before one leaves) · pl rozchodniak (a final drink before one leaves) · cv тӑрлав курки (a final drink before one leaves) · fr coup de l'étrier (a final drink before one leaves) · sv färdknäpp (a final drink before one leaves) · es caminera (a final drink before one leaves) · ko 마지막 한 잔 (a final drink before one leaves) · uk на ко́ня (a final drink before one leaves) · fi yhdet vielä (a final drink before one leaves) · it bicchiere della staffa (a final drink before one leaves) · mrj корны цӓркӓ (a final drink before one leaves) · mhr корно корка (a final drink before one leaves) · gag dök yolculuk (a final drink before one leaves) · pt abaladiça (a final drink before one leaves) · fr un dernier pour la route (a final drink before one leaves)