cold one
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Basically, I need the ghost of Earl Weaver to bring me a hot dog and a cold one and scream at me to pay attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
A hot, dry stretch following a rainy, cold one is fairly typical in springtime in mid-latitude regions such as Southern California, Hall said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Another formula towards which I gravitate: one hot side, one cold, one green, one beige.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
When it came, finally, it stopped him cold, one hand on the top of the hatch.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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