noun
definition
A unit of volume, equivalent to:
definition
(metonym) A pint of milk.
example
Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.
definition
(metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
Examples of pint in a Sentence
Do you always buy your booze in pint bottles?
I saw Fitzgerald buy two pint bottles of vodka that morning.
But in Fitzgerald's defense, there were two pint bottles of vodka at Lydia Larkin's place, so he may have bought them for her.
By 1891 he had designed and erected at the Royal Institution an apparatus which yielded liquid oxygen by the pint, and towards the end of that year he showed that both liquid oxygen and liquid ozone are strongly attracted by a magnet.
However, an empty pint of Jack Daniel's on the galley table made the observation somewhat less credible.
Was a very pleasant summer's Sunday lunchtime pint.
The first pint out was bad, but it was exchanged with no problem by the friendly bartender for fresh pints.
A relaxing pint and a recap of the days events rounded a fantastic days birding.
He ordered the drinks, sat down & then bludgeoned his pint all over himself and the poor girl.
Today Summer Lightning is not only a cask ale, but also comes bottle conditioned and in an eight pint mini cask.
Dissolve 1/2 oz gelatine in a little water, and add it to 1 pint of single cream, with 2 oz caster sugar.
Tommy was always there holding court with a pint and whiskey chaser.
Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses, drinking them all back-to-back.
Ireland's enduring love affair with the ' pint of plain ' has proved more than a match for Murphy's marketing gurus.
This slightly portly man sat at the bar and nervously drank a half pint and then made a quick call on his mobile.
Each regiment was halted and each man got a half pint of water from the water cart.
The A&R man fumbles a farewell handshake but knocks the singer's pint glass out of his hand, splashing the singer with beer.
Or you can enjoy a pint or a single malt in the cozy bar or the beer garden.
Draft Beer and Cider can be sold in quantites of 1/3 pint, ½ pint or multiples of ½ pint.
A good oil engine should not require to use more than a pint of refined petroleum per indicated horse-power working for one hour.
We received a very warm welcome here before sitting in the peaceful sheltered garden while Charles supped a pint of Marston Pedigree.
In the South East you'll find the perfect environment to sip a pint or indulge in a cream tea.
Last chance saloon A swift pint, then back into detox.
Cocktail jugs £ 3.50, 2 pint pitchers £ 3.50, 4 pint pitchers £ 3.50, 4 pint pitchers £ 7.00.
After a few hours sleep we pottered up the river to have a celebratory pint at the ' Butt and Oyster ' .
Cocktail jugs £ 3.50, 2 pint pitchers £ 3.50, 4 pint pitchers £ 7.00.
It lands with a soft plop in the pint of Worthington Mild in front of the largest of them.
In effect we tried to squeeze a quart out of a pint pot.
Trying to get a quart into a pint pot is never easy.
A very powerful tomboyish sorceress that is still very girly, she is a girl you could easily have a pint with.
There will be prizes of pint tankards for the winners!
Pint pewter tankards will be awarded to the winners of all divisions with three or more entries.
A pint of ale in a dark corner of an old tavern or two will chase away your fears.
The amount varies from engine to engine but half a pint over 500 miles is not undue cause for concern.
The law permits druggists to keep for sale no other form of alcoholic drink than pure alcohol; physicians prescribing alcohol must fill out a blank, specifying the patient's ailment, and certifying that alcohol is necessary; the prescription must be filled the day it is dated, must be served directly to the physician or to the patient, must not call for more than a pint, and may not be refilled.'
This is always a nice pint, obviously popular in here because I noticed quite a few others quaffing pints of the same.
Can we get a pint into a quart pot?
It is very much a very high quality quart in a poetic pint pot.
She had a half pint of porter and a quartern of gin, and started toward Islington.
We do n't want someone who can pull a pint or throw together a seafood platter.
Doing nothing more than enjoy a pint sniff around the girls put a bet on at the bookies.
The drinking had stopped long ago, apart from a sociable pint once a week down the local pub.
I 've still got to take him up on a pint at som...
Line a 1 liter (2 pint) pudding basin or 4 individual basins with suet paste.
He 's standing at the end of the bar supping a pint of some fearsome Fen brew !
Thick syrup in the form of two pounds of sugar per pint of water, must be fed.
The infusion of 1 OZ. to a pint of boiling water is taken cold in tablespoonful doses.
There wiz jist enuff time fur thaim tae buy us a pint o guiness before we`d tae catch wur bus.
Cuckoo Pint (Arum) - Tuberous rooted plants of distinct form; some are hardy.
To make the rinse, steep three bags of pure chamomile tea in a pint of boiling water.