tall one

tall one

1. A strong alcoholic drink served in a large, tall glass. Sarah poured herself a tall one and settled into the hammock. We had a few tall ones at lunch and all got a bit snookered.
2. A particularly tall person. A: "This is my son, Jeremy." B: "Nice to meet you, Jeremy. Wow, you're a tall one, aren't you?"
See also: one, tall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tall one

n. a large drink; a long drink. (Compare this with short one.) She ordered a tall one and sat back to cool off.
See also: one, tall
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tall drink
  • tall timbers
  • a tall drink of water
  • head for (the) tall timber
  • head for tall timber
  • timber
  • order
  • long drink
  • water
  • drink
References in classic literature
However, it is the tall one, the one of the private lessons, that is the most remarkable.
He commenced dressing at top by donning his beaver hat, a very tall one, by the by, and then --still minus his trowsers -- he hunted up his boots.
You needn't put on airs, Charlie, though you are a tall one, for Rose likes Archie better than you; she said she did because he treated her respectfully."
Such a person found, he proposed to bring him there on the ensuing night, when the tall one was taken off, and Miss Miggs had purposely retired; and then that Dolly should be gagged, muffled in a cloak, and carried in any handy conveyance down to the river's side; where there were abundant means of getting her smuggled snugly off in any small craft of doubtful character, and no questions asked.
The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there was.
Harrison's -- the big, tall one -- had wandered over here that day again and broke into the yard, and it got into the back porch, unbeknowns to us, and it was there when the minister appeared in the doorway.
"Let's have a game at billiards," one of his friends said--the tall one, with lacquered mustachios.
Being a very tall one, and of luxuriant growth, it had been propped up against the side of the house, and was literally covered with a rare and very beautiful species of white rose.
M'Leod--"that tall one, I saw out of the scullery window--did she tell you she was always here in the spirit?
"That must have been when the tall one thought worst about her sister and the house."
" 'She is sleeping like a log; you can see that quite well,' so says the tall one.
Pavel, the tall one, was said to be an anarchist; since he had no means of imparting his opinions, probably his wild gesticulations and his generally excited and rebellious manner gave rise to this supposition.
The low houses of London look so much more homely than the tall ones that I never pass them without dropping a blessing on their builders, but this house was ridiculous; indeed it did not call itself a house, for over the door was a board with the inscription "This space to be sold," and I remembered, as I rang the bell, that this notice had been up for years.
He said: "The probability is I'm going to get a tall one (dancing partner).
We must be careful not to wake the white cat," the tall one said, softly.