cold one
Americannoun
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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
The AI trade, too, may find a comfortable ground between too hot and too cold, one that allows the market to continue its winning ways.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
It was so late, so cold, one was so tired, that it would be much easier to lie down in a sleeping-bag in the lee of the sledge and not bother with the tent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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