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pinter¹

Where it comes from

From pint + -er.

noun pinters

  1. UK, slang, in combinations The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
  2. UK, slang, in combinations A container that holds a certain number of pints. “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.
  3. UK, slang, in combinations Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate. She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

Pinter²

  • /ˈpɪntəɹ/
  • /ˈpɪntɚ/

Where it comes from

From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.

proper noun Pinters

  1. A surname from Hungarian.
  2. Harold Pinter, English playwright. I did Pinter for GCSE. I didn't understand it much though.

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"pinter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pinter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pinter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pinter

Chicago

"pinter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pinter.

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@misc{pinter_2026,
  title = {pinter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}