Coldie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cold bottle or can of beer. Australia

    "2000, Markus Zusak, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, in 2011, Underdogs (omnibus edition), page 255, As expected, she's sitting in the stand, holding a hot dog in one hand and balancing a coldie and a cigarette in the other."

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beer

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"2000, Markus Zusak, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, in 2011, Underdogs (omnibus edition), page 255, As expected, she's sitting in the stand, holding a hot dog in one hand and balancing a coldie and a cigarette in the other."

Etymology

From cold + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), for cold one. Compare tinnie.

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