cold one

noun

informal

: a cold beer

We enjoy a nice cold one ourselves, but sometimes beer drinking can leave your breath smelling skunky.

—Anne Mendelson, Saveur, December 2004

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for cold one

• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun
• pashtun
• redone
• rerun
• shotgun
• someone