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• n  a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
• n  a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
• n  a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

• A pint of rich raw milk takes 6 hours to get out of the stomach.
• The "half-pint vote"dirt farmers, hillbillies and unemployed coal miners who sell out on Election Day for a half-pint of whiskyis an old political institution in the.
• I du believe with all my soul In the gret Press's freedom To pint the people to the goal An' in the traces lead 'em.

• dry pint

News & Articles

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• Top ten Guinness facts - nuggets of intersting info on the perfect pint of plain
  When you walk into a bar in Ireland you could shout across at the barman and ask for a pint of plain, the good stuff, your best or Irish Mother’s milk.
  June 11, 2013 - Irish Central
• Giving the gift of life
  George Forgen, co-owner of Giovanni's, gives a pint of red blood cells on Monday at the Moose Lodge on Wheat Road in Vineland. / Staff photos/Craig Matthews
  June 11, 2013 - Daily Journal
• Haley Signs Pint Bill; DHEC Kept Public in Dark About TB Scare? S.C. Chief Justice Seeks Re-election
  Tweet Republican Gov. Nikki Haley signed the “ pint bill ” into law, which allows breweries to offer beer samples to visitors on site. The new law “allows people to buy and drink up to 48 ounces as part of their tour, allowing for tastings of full pints, according to The Associated Press.
  June 7, 2013 - Free Times

Quotes

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• Ronnie Biggs in BBC News
  I am a sick man,Biggs tells the newspaper. "My last wish is to walk into a Margate pub as an Englishman and buy a pint of bitter."
• Toby Keith in Newsweek
  It's an old Western saying,explains Keith, an Oklahoma native. "I used to work for a rodeo contractor who carried a pint of whiskey in his pocket. At the end of the night, he'd say, 'Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses.' That always...