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carton
a cardboard case of 24 cans/bottles of beer. Compare block2, box, case2, slab.
Contributor's comments: Also used in Tasmania.
Contributor's comments: The term "carton" is widely used in Western Australia.
Contributor's comments: [Brisbane informant] Box of beer - slab, case, etc.: "Can you grab a carton when you're at the bottle-o?"
Contributor's comments: [Wollongong informant] What a 24 pack of cans/bottles comes in. 'South of the border' (and commonly close to the border), being VIC, it is referred to as a slab.
Contributor's comments: This is the common terminology for a carton (24 cans/stubbies, etc) of beer in WA too.
Contributor's comments: We have always purchased a carton of beer. I found that more southern areas of NSW seem to buy a case of beer.
Contributor's comments: Carton is used extensively in Sydney. Case is also used, but less often. Certainly in all of the advertisements here, it is "carton".
Contributor's comments: In Queensland it's a carton, although a friend who grew up in Vic still calls it a slab.
Contributor's comments: Down here [Melbourne, Vic] its always been a slab from the bottle-o and a carton of smokes..