cold one
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A hot, dry stretch following a rainy, cold one is fairly typical in springtime in mid-latitude regions such as Southern California, Hall said.
From Los Angeles Times
If you want a simple formula: one hot side, one cold, one green, one beige.
From Salon
Another formula towards which I gravitate: one hot side, one cold, one green, one beige.
From Salon
At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.
From Barron's
This team began the season with longer odds than a lobster in a restaurant tank, traveled more than a Dylan roadie, endured so many postgame ceremonies their thumbs have calluses from lifting trophies, and now, mercifully, can get some rest and their coach a cold one, their 16-0 record a sturdy case as one of the finest seasons of all time.
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