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Back in the day, Lynchburg residents stopped by The Cavalier Store to pick up milk, bread, and other basics, and stay for a quick bite, usually a hot dog and an ice-cold beer.—Abby Price, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025 The Dodgers had the bases loaded with two outs when ice-cold Andy Pages came to the plate.—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025 Spraying it on has the same bracing quality as taking a sip of ice-cold sparkling water.—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025 It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic circle, this ice-cold layer reaches hundreds of feet below the tundra.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice-cold
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of ice-cold was
before the 12th century
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