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tallboy

tallboy

1 5.1
A tall can of beer larger than a regular can
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : lata grande de cerveza
  • After a long day, she relaxed with a tallboy while watching her favorite show.

Examples

  • The cooler was filled with ice and several tallboys ready for the party.

  • - Three shots of Cutty and a tallboy.

    Gone Baby Gone (2007)

  • Drink a couple tallboys.

    Caught Stealing (2025)

  • As Danny came from the kitchen with a pint of Old Forester and three Bud tallboys, she said, "You, too."

    Fiction book (1990)

  • West shone her flashlight through the back window, illuminating aluminum tallboy beer cans on the mat in back.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Brazil knew she was there and didn't give a damn, as he threw back another gulp from the tallboy Budweiser he was holding between his legs.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Everyone knows Peggy Noonan eats half-smokes, chugs tallboys, and listens to Black Flag.

    Blog text (23)

  • Eleventh, in front of Macky's Mellow Tone Grill, I bumped into my cousin Wilbert, who had sneaked a tallboy of Miller High Life from a cooler somewhere up the street.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • At the barbecue, he grabbed a cold tallboy of beer to enjoy while grilling.

Synonyms

beer can
vstallboy
23 1.0

A small metal container you open to drink beer

is a larger specific container size than ordinary ones
brewski
vstallboy
  • Slang
7 9.9

An informal word for a bottle or can of beer

refers to a bigger sized beer container rather than any bottle
booze can
vstallboy
  • Informal
9.9

A can holding beer or another alcoholic drink

refers to a larger beer-only can rather than any alcohol container

How Big

growler
  • US
1 6.8
tallboy
  • Informal
1 5.1
beer can
23 1.0

Surface Forms

tallboy singular
tallboys plural

Morphology

tallboy = tall + boy (semi-transparent) = tall + boy

The element 'tall' suggests larger-than-normal size, but 'boy' does not literally mean 'can' here, so the full meaning 'tall can of beer' is only partly guessable.

Etymology

Tallboy for a large beer can also comes from the parts tall and boy, and it works as an easy, friendly name for a 'tall' single can, so tallboy means a larger can of beer often sold on its own.