twenty-sixer

(Units) informal Canadian a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity

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The book has moments of humor, "No one is shy at the Easter egg hunt," juxtaposed with graver ones, "A twenty-sixer / of my father's whiskey, / twelve and a half / little pills.

Canoodlers

In the song "Bite Down Hard," you go through some options, some personal options for confronting politics: "You can denigrate the whole wide world/Or bend your back and try to fix it/Or you can frown and kick it over/Or you can down a twenty-sixer." It's interesting to tie that into the future for social movements.

Reflecting on rock'n'roll politics: an interview with Ron Hawkins

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