Meaning & use

Coldies

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Cold bottles or cans of beer, especially as an informal term used in Australia and New Zealand.

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They grabbed a slab of coldies for the barbecue on Saturday.

After the long hike, nothing sounded better than a couple of coldies from the cooler.

A note on using this word

"Coldie" is classic Australian and New Zealand slang, typically used casually among friends rather than in formal speech.

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