English edit

Etymology edit

Humorously suggesting that it is a convenient source of money for alcoholic drinks.

Noun edit

drink link (plural drink links)

  1. (UK, Ireland, informal) An ATM machine.
    • 2000, William Cullen, Doris Lehniger, B for Business, page 91:
      This particular ATM was known as the 'drink-link'. It was good to know she would get money any time, for an extra round or a taxi home — assuming she could still remember her PIN number.
    • 2023, Sam Blake, The Mystery of Four:
      'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'

References edit

  • Tony Thorne (2014) “drink link”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  []: Bloomsbury