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pinter en · NOUN

Etymology

From pint + -er.

Meanings

1. (UK, in combinations, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
2. (UK, in combinations, slang) 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, in combinations, slang) 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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