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Cold one
01
a beer, especially when served chilled
Slang
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
complex compound
Countable
Plural form
cold ones
What does "cold one" mean in slang?
The phrase "cold one" refers to a beer, especially one that is chilled. The structure is informal slang where "cold" highlights temperature and "one" is a generic stand-in for a drink. It is commonly used in casual speech and social contexts to mean a single beer.
Examples
He cracked open a cold one after work.
