Definitions
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- noun in combinations, UK, slang The drinking of a certain number of
pints of beer - noun in combinations, UK, slang A container that holds a certain number of
pints . - noun in combinations, UK, slang Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He may be an 8 pinter, after which he may get laid, her though there is not enough ale in the world for that...
Is she having a laugh FIDO The Dog 2009
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As he watched, he was convinced that the primary quality of a pinter was "audacity".
Newsprint James Gurney 2008
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While searching through stores to purchase a computer printer, I found that five stores were selling the same HP pinter for $80 while Kmart's identical product was priced at $148!
Workless in America David 2006
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Maklumla~ aku ini kan bukan anak yang pinter so kalo ujian tetep harus blajar.
mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007
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How he hised his bungle oar his shourter and cut the pinter offhis pourer and lay off for Fellagulphia in the farning.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Tomi [oke, aku memang harus mengakui kemampuan orang itu], trus mbaShinda - aku gak taw belajarnya sejak kapan tapi dia kan pinter juga.
mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2006
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Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 12:02 PM i dont know about pinter, since i've never read any of his works, but it seems like the dialog of a harvey pekar comic story.
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When he found "de seben stars an 'de pinter," he said, "it was gwine hard on to'rds one o'clock perzacly."
The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war, 1901
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De hoss an mule leff de plow an scatterate to de pin lan dis like a drove o 'patridge wen a pinter rout em, an yo' shoot two barrel one time an ain tech a fedda.
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The believers threw their white robes on over their dresses and coats, and as the pinter slowly moved round from half-past three to quarter to 4 -- and so on -- they shouted, they sung, they prayed, they shook each other's hands -- they wuz fairly crazed with excitement and fervor, which they called religion -- for they wuz in earnest, nobody could dispute that.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881
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