eighteen n.
(Aus.) an 18-gallon (82-litre) keg of beer.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | It’s Harder for Girls 168: ‘We got an eighteen, and plenty o’ bottles coming over.’. | |
 | Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen (1971) 148: We had a squeeze box for music and plenty of singers and two eighteens and a ten and it went well . | |
| Glass Canoe (1982) 117: At his benefit night we arranged a few kegs — eighteens — because we were all pretty sad. | |
| Dimboola 105: A cheer went up at the broaching of the second eighteener. | |
| Jockey Who Laughed 91: ‘It’s just that they have to make sure that they get rid of the eighteen of beer’. | |
| Five South Coast Seasons 9: He then tries to stand up. It’s not easy, let me tell you - an eighteen can put a fair bit of strain on the rod, especially is the bloke has no technique. |
In compounds
(US drugs) half a kilogram (i.e. 18 ounces) of cocaine.
| ‘What You Say’ 🎵 Ya check always right, how can we help you King? / I said, Yea, I can name 18 things OK. |