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The phrase "about a pint" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity of liquid, typically in the context of beverages, such as beer or milk.
Example: "I ordered about a pint of beer to enjoy with my meal."
Alternatives: "approximately a pint" or "roughly a pint".
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3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair.
How about a pint?
That gave them about a pint a day.
It is capable of trapping about a pint of bottom material.
That old wife's tale about a pint of water before bed might not cut it.
You can, however, add about a pint of vinegar to the boiler.
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The gardens are organic, as is the milk (from Ayrshire cows), sold for about $1.50 a pint.
Not larking about with a pint or pie-eyed on a pedalo this time, because this is Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport (BBC1).
At about $12 a pint, twice as expensive as halfway decent extra virgin olive oil, which spray oil most decidedly is not; and it contains additives.
This weekend, Tesco was selling "slab" packs containing 18 cans of Stella Artois for £14, equivalent to about £1 a pint, while Asda was offering a similar multipack of 20 Carlsberg cans for £10, equivalent to 65p a pint.
TS Spivet is a winsome, candyfloss fantasy about a pint-sized genius who hops a freight train through America.
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