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cold one

cold one noun: a beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.

Noun

cold one (plural cold ones)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.
    • I'm going to crack open a cold one.
    • They sat in a booth near the door and drank the first cold ones of the evening while watching three impassioned pinballers dickering with flashing, promising, tilting machines.1981, Jack Cady, Singleton
    Synonyms:
    frosty one, ice-cold

Synonyms of cold one

Forms of cold one

pluralcold ones

Questions about cold one

What does cold one mean?
Cold one means a beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.
What part of speech is cold one?
Cold one is a noun.
What is the plural of cold one?
The plural of cold one is cold ones.

Words near cold one in the dictionary

  1. cold meats
  2. Cold Meece
  3. cold moon
  4. cold moons
  5. Cold Norton
  6. cold one
  7. cold ones
  8. cold open
  9. cold opens
  10. cold pack
  11. cold packs

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