How to Use tallboy in a Sentence

tallboy

noun
  • There’s a dude throwing back a tallboy in the empty bathtub.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The tallboy can, about three times the size of a normal can, is then placed inside the crowler machine, which fastens a lid on top.
    — Wesley Case, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2017
  • In his opinion, deer season should be a months-long holiday filled with Yuengling tallboys and punched tags.
    — Drew Palmer, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2020
  • Most beer drinkers are familiar with a tallboy can, but Coors Light has taken the idea a step further.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • For example, Liquid Death puts water from the Alps in a tallboy can.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 June 2019
  • Adams, who was holding tallboy Bud Light cans in each hand, remained determined to get that baseball without putting down his beers.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 28 Oct. 2019
  • More often than not, these spots were decorated with tallboy Twisted Teas and Bud Lights.
    — Krista Karlson, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Others laud the $4 PBR tallboys and encourage fans to get their fill of those before paying too much for beer at the stadium.
    — Amy Parlapiano, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • In 2019, halloumi, matcha, concasse, cidery, meadery, chana, royal icing, tallboy and quaffer were added.
    — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The Tallerboy is a taller-than-a-tallboy canister that stores three regular Coors Light cans inside one oversized container.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Many others of you will opt for the unofficially appropriate method of observance by inhaling burgers and tallboys, then falling asleep in a hammock.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018
  • In the future, Rogers hopes to get distribution in 7/11s, with a forthcoming 9% tallboy variation.
    — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Most beer drinkers are familiar with a tallboy, but Coors Light is expanding on that concept in anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Serving a frenzied crowd of basketball fans, many of whom may have come expecting nachos and Miller Lite tallboys, poses a stark change of pace for restaurateurs like Bhavna Thapar and chef Neeti Chaudhri, who co-own The Little India in SoBro.
    — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025

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