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twelve-ounce curls

twelve-ounce curls noun: drinking beer.

Noun

twelve-ounce curls pl (plural only)

  1. (US, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Drinking beer.
    • He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.

Forms of twelve-ounce curls

alternative form12-ounce curls

Origin of twelve-ounce curls

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: twelve ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise.

Questions about twelve-ounce curls

What does twelve-ounce curls mean?
Twelve-ounce curls means drinking beer.
What part of speech is twelve-ounce curls?
Twelve-ounce curls is a noun.

Words near twelve-ounce curls in the dictionary

  1. twelve-inch
  2. twelve-inches
  3. twelve-nine
  4. twelve-nines
  5. twelve-note
  6. twelve-ounce curls
  7. twelve-penny nail
  8. twelve-penny nails
  9. twelve-pounder
  10. twelve-pounders
  11. twelve-speed

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