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shout
noun- a drink or round of drinks bought for others; the purchase of a round AUSTRALIA, 1854
- When you buy a bloke a beer, it’s called a shout, see? — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 26, 1957
- your turn to buy drinks for someone else AUSTRALIA, 1882
- “Your shout,” Pincher said amiably, and pushed the empty glasses towards the barmaid’s edge of the bar. — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 25, 1960
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 55, 1972
- your turn to buy anything AUSTRALIA, 1911
- Let’s buy a Mercedes. But remember, it’s my shout! You bought the pies[.] — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 94, 1982
- a call on the police radio UK
Derived from conventional “shout” (used to hail). - — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 327, 1970
- a greeting US, 1999
- As he gave his shouts out to his people, the band began playing. — Renay Jackson, Oaktown Devil, p. 22, 1998
- I want to send a shout out to all my friends back home. — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 7, Spring 1999
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