twelve-ounce curls

noun

Drinking beer.

“He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.”

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Meanings

nountwelve-ounce curls pl (plural only)

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  1. USidiomaticpluralplural onlyDrinking beer.

    He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.

Origin

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: twelve ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise.

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APA

twelve-ounce curls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twelve-ounce%20curls

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“twelve-ounce curls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twelve-ounce%20curls. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twelve-ounce curls,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twelve-ounce%20curls.

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