Pinter vs Punter - What's the difference?
pinter | punter |
(in combinations, UK, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
(in combinations, UK, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
* 2006 , Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red (page 262)
(in combinations, UK, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
One who bets (punts) against the bank (banque).
One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
One who punts a football.
(British, slang) one who gambles. See speculator.
(British, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
A beginner or unskilled climber
As nouns the difference between pinter and punter
is that pinter is the drinking of a certain number of pints of beer while punter is one who bets (punts) against the bank (banque).pinter
English
Noun
(en noun)- “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 .
- She's so ugly, an eight-pinter , I'd say.
